Degas

Edgar Degas once stated, “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people” (Frank). Degas style of painting reflects this quotation from him. He keeps a yearning within the audience to understand the true meaning of his paintings. The mystery of his paintings is part of the reason that he is popular. This paper will discuss the painting The Interior, and why it fits the mystery of Degas. Hilaire-Germain-Edgar

Critique of ¨What Makes a Degas a Degas?¨ The paintings in the story of ¨What makes a degas a degas?¨ there are many different pieces of evidence to support the central claim that the artist wanted the people looking at the paintings to feel like they were right there of what was happening in the picture. The paintings were quickly painted, had choppy figures, with short strokes, but the figures still stuck out. The artist also wanted it to seem as if it was spontaneous. The artist used colors

In examining the work of the impressionist artist Edgar Degas, though he himself preferred to be considered a realist, the very mention of his name conjures images of ballerinas. From the most famous statue of Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old who stands prominently defined in our mind’s eyes or the swirling masses of color and form that showed visions of Parisian Operas in the 1800s like that seen in the painting Dancers in the Wings, Degas’ work is indelibly linked to the world of these petite dancers

painter Edgar Degas. Edgar degas was born in July 19, 1834 in Paris to upper middle class family. Regardless of his father’s desire for him to go to law school, Degas wanted to focus on painting. In 1855 Edgar Degas got admission in the Ecole des Beaux – Arts, and studied drawing there (Edgar Degas biography). In the later 1860s he was allowed to exhibit his painting in the institution of salon In in Paris, but he was not selling his arts. In the beginning of his career degas was not depended

Edgar Degas was largely associated with the Impressionism art movement during the late 19th century. Even though Degas himself would probably never call himself an Impressionistic painter, “he was one of the group’s founders, an organizer of its exhibitions, and one of its most important core members” (Schenkel). The Impressionism movement had its origins from earlier movements of naturalism and plein-air, or painting in open air, methods. Impressionism also drew from the woodblock prints in Japonism

Have you ever heard of Edgar Degas? If you have studied the art of impressionism, his name might be familiar to you. Edgar Degas is a well known French artist for his sculptures, paintings and drawings. His works continue to live throughout history and are still studied by many people today. His works contained of impressionism, modern art, pastel art, and realism. Degas is studied in many art classes today being known for the first to paint realism paintings. Throughout Degas’s life he has created

Edgar Degas and the Ballet Dancers Although Edgar Degas preferred to describe his work as realism rather than impressionism, he was among the most famous impressionist of the late 1800’s. Degas’ body of work protrayed many aspects of Paris life such as café scenes, horse races and operas. Some of his most notalbe portrayals was that of ballet dancers. Through his many portraits of ballet dancers Degas was able to convey one the most important attributes of a ballerina, the ballerina ligne. “Dancer

Degas has composed his artwork in such a way, where he creates and emphasises the space and largeness of the room the ballerinas are rehearsing in. Although the space has, to some extent, made the artwork slightly hollow, the chair situated in the centre foreground has given the painting depth. This simplistic positioning of the chair, has also created the illusion of the room possessing shape. The dominant focal point of the artwork, is the conversation occurring between the ballerina, attiring

shows numbers of influences that Degas had on Mary Cassatt's art. Both of these paintings are portraits done in tbe standard ¾ point of view. Even at a mere glance, it is easy to see the striking similarities between the two portraits. It is not too farfetched to assume that Degas had a lot of influence on Mary Cassatt's work because it is known that he was one of her biggest inspirations (Wallis, 14). Furthermore, even within the Impressionist group the bond that Degas and Cassatt shared was an important

Edgar Degas was making drawing of the ballerinas and dancers in 19th century. French artist Edgar Degas created hundreds of artworks that captured the ballet world of 19th century Paris. Degas regularly went to the Palais Garnier Opera House to observe the ballerinas. His focus was on their natural movement as they practiced. Exploring the way the dancers bodies flowed through performance. Edgar showed a talent for drawing while young and wanted to become and artist. Edgar spent a lot of time at