Tag: Degas

Place de la Concorde (Paris)

Completed: 1772 Address: 75008 Paris, France Place de la Concorde in Art: Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Place de la Concord 1960 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis     Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Place de la Concorde 1875 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg    …

Ambroise Vollard

(1866–1939) Ambroise Vollard in Art: Bonnard, Pierre (1867-1947) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard au chat c.1924 Petit Palais, Paris     Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard 1899 Petit Palais, Paris     Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973) Portrait d’Ambroise Vollard 1910 Pushkin Museum, Moscow     Renoir, Auguste…

Athens (Greece)

Athens in Art: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses c.1895–1897 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore     Births: • Fertis, Giannis (1938-2024) • Papamoschou, Tatiana (1964) • Phidias (c.480 BC-430 BC) • Schliemann,…

Les baigneuses (1890-1895)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Les baigneuses (The Bathers) c.1890–1895 Pastel and charcoal on paper, 142.24 x 144.14 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Edgar Degas created this monumental bather composition in the mid-1890s, probably after he had seen the great Cézanne…

Groupe de danseuses (1895-1897)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses (Group of Dancers) c.1895–1897 Pastel on panel, 32.39 × 40.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This enigmatic drawing on panel has never before been published. The stamps and numbers on the verso indicate…

Danseuses sur la scène (1883)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuses sur la scène (Ballet Dancers on the Stage) 1883 Pastel on paper, 61.6 x 47.31 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In the 1880s and 1890s, Edgar Degas became increasingly fascinated by the ballet, especially its…

Aria après le ballet (1879)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Aria après le ballet (Aria after the Ballet) 1879 Pastel and Gouache on paper, 59.69 x 74.93 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The Durand-Ruel family seems to have bought this splendid painted print by Edgar Degas…

Danseuse debout (c.1877)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse debout (Dancer Standing) c.1877 Pastel on paper on cardboard, 46 x 49.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires