Tag: Degas

Avant la course (c.1887-1889)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1887–1889 Pastel on paper mounted to cardboard, 57.5 x 65.4 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland When creating the series to which this pastel belongs, Edgar Degas was inspired by the 19th-century…

Le Thé (1872)

Tissot, James (1836-1902) Le Thé (Tea) 1872 Oil on wood, 66 x 47.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When Tissot moved to London in 1871, he immersed himself in the local scene, with work for Vanity Fair and genre…

Portrait d’homme (c.1866)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Portrait d’homme (Portrait of a Man) c.1866 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 64.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In this enigmatic painting, an unidentified man in modern bourgeois attire sits in a chair among cuts of meat. A…

Avant la course (1882-1884)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) 1882–1884 Oil on panel, 26.4 x 34.9 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course c.1882–1888 Private collection     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course c.1887–1889 Cleveland Museum…

Avant la course (c.1882-1888)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course (Before the Race) c.1882–1888 Oil on paper laid down on panel, 29.5 x 46.5 cm Private collection Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant la course 1882–1884 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Avant…

Chez la modiste (1879-1886)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Chez la modiste (The Millinery Shop) 1879–1886 Oil on canvas, 100 × 110.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Of at least fifteen pastels, drawings, and paintings that Edgar Degas created on this subject during the 1880s, The…

Ballet à l’Opéra de Paris (1877)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Ballet à l’Opéra de Paris (Ballet at the Paris Opéra) 1877 Pastel over monotype on cream laid paper, 35.2 × 70.6 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago See also: • Paris (France)