Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Une nourrice au Jardin du Luxembourg (A Nanny in the Luxembourg Gardens) c.1872 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The theme of childhood runs through all of Degas‘ work, from dancers to nurses. This slightly…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Aux courses en province (At the Races in the Countryside) 1869 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 55.9 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston At once merging and disrupting the traditional categories of landscape, genre scene, and family portrait,…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La Femme aux chrysanthèmes (A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers, Madame Paul Valpinçon?) 1865 Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The juxtaposition of the prominent bouquet and the off-center figure,…
(1834–1917) Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas The artist’s works: La sortie du bain 1846 Musée du Louvre, Paris Portrait de l’artiste 1855 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Autoportrait c.1857–1858 Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Autoportrait au col blanc c.1857 National Gallery of Art, Washington Une Mendiante romaine…