Edward degas

Exhibition dates: 24th June – 18th September 2016 Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) Finishing the arabesque 1877 Oil and essence, pastel on canvas 67.4 x 38cm Musée d’Orsay,…

The heavily impastoed surface suggests that Degas worked directly and extensively on this picture, building up passages of oil paint with brushes and his fingers. By mixing his colors with white to make them opaque, and by applying his pigments thickly and in several layers, he approximated the pastel technique that he had perfected in the 1880s

1886 Self-portrait This is the second of three posts featuring the work of French artist Edgar Degas. Parts 1 and 2 feature his works related to the ballet, part 3 will feature other works. For biographical notes see part 1. I'm afraid I don't have all of the dates and titles for for the works in this post. 1898-99 The Blue Dancers 1898-99 Two Dancers 1899 Four Dancers 1900 Ballet Dancers in the Wings 1900 Dancers at the Bar 1907 Ballet Scene (Title unknown) A Group of Dancers Ballerina…

NOTE: Footnotes enclosed as: [FN ] Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas , French, 1834-1917 , Little Dancer Aged Fourteen , Mod...

View The Blue Dancers (1898) By Degas Edgar; Pastel on paper; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

As an art major in college, I was required to take three art history survey classes: ancient art to the Renaissance, the Renaissance to modern, and modern art. I, being a little contrary, did them backwards. So, the first art history I ever studied was the Impressionist movement, and it left a big impression (pun totally intended) on me. I love the Impressionists. I love that they were challenging the idea of what art should be, I love the paint strokes, I love the subject matter. Degas has…

Ballet Class Manet

in this humorous series of self-portraits, 'santa classics' by american artist ed wheeler, steps into the masterworks of art, dressed as the iconic santa claus.

Degas

Edgar Degas \\ Edgar Degas was very experimental with his mediums in art, often drawing with chalk, painting with oil on canvas, and sketching dancers in pencil and charcoal. But Degas was most known for his pastel drawings, and was once called the “Pastel Master”.