Degas

Degas is an artist best known for his enchanting and delicate paintings of ballerinas. Undoubtedly, these works have a high degree of charming appeal, and rightfully deserve the praise they are given. However, the power of Degas as an artist extends far beyond the whimsical, enchanting tulle skirts and delicate foot positions. The paintings of Degas can be viewed as a window into Parisian life during a time of great change and social disruption. Degas’s art brings into question: What does it mean

Sketch of Anne and Her Nurse by Mary Cassatt is an impressionism style artwork. It is an oil and canvas painting, done in 1897. This artwork is currently on display at the Portland Museum of Art (Portland Museum of Art, 2017). Impressionism is a 19th century artistic movement founded in Paris by a few artists. Mary Cassatt spent most of her adulthood in France and was one of the known artists in the Impressionist movement. Impressionists faced criticism at first, as it was considered a radical departure

cobbled paths in which we comfortably strolled along midst an afternoon in the epicenter of the beloved city. The new became newer, the old— forgotten, destroyed. Yet, the refinement of our current artists has diminished dramatically. Looking at Degas— a fine example of the deteriorating craftsmanship of our age— the crude brushstrokes and improper subjects juxtapose all advancements the current world has achieved! For

Born in May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1929, Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker she lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas. Mary would paint images of the relationships between mother and their children. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is a part of Pittsburgh. Her father Robert Simpson Castt (later Cassatt) was a successful stockbroker and her mother Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family. The name Cassatt came from

work of Edgar Degas (Lambourne 7). Europe had a curiosity for the Japanese way of life and aesthetics; moreover, Japan simultaneously began a rapid period of modernization based on the western model and reflected European principles in their art. I observed this transition in Japanese artwork, both through my readings and on the trip to the Dallas Museum of Art. Not only did Japanese culture influence the western artistic world in the late nineteenth century, including the work of Degas and other impressionistic

CHAPTER 2 ‘SEDUCED BY ORANGES’: FROM HYDE PARK TO 46 GORDON SQUARE (1904-1909) Following the death of her father in 1904, Vanessa Bell uprooted herself and her three siblings, Thoby, Adrian and Virginia from their childhood home in Hyde Park to 46 Gordon Square in London’s Bloomsbury district. It was at 46 Gordon Square that a new way of life and art would begin for the young artist at the age of twenty-five. Describing Bell’s abandonment of their childhood home and her role as a Victorian “mistress

The differences and similarities between Jean-Leon Gerome’s The Bath, and Edgar Degas’s Leaving the Bath are evident but there is more than what meets the eye. Gerome’s work of art shows how much people dependent upon one another, while Degas’s work of art shows people’s independence. Being married to a wealthy person or born into a wealthy family allows people to be dependent upon other people do their work, while those who are not wealthy do everything themselves. By simply adding one extra person

Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, has similarities and differences. They both have the same subject matter but different in media. Degas and Cassatt both used gesture lines sketch like drawing. Both of the painters used pastel on paper. In addition, they used chalks of medium in the painting. Each of the artist has pale and light colors. Edgar Degas was a French artist famous for his different paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas if famous for the “After bath, women drying herself.” This

St. Louis Art Museum As Edgar Degas once said, “ Art is not what you see, but what others make you see”. The St. Louis Art Museum is a place for artist to display their art and give spectators the option to see art from a new perspective. This was the case for me. As we walked up to the beautifully structured building that stood so tall and wide, my expectations were extremely high. At first glance I notice the bronze statue of King Louis IX of France riding high on his horse. From this statue alone

Hilaire German Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834. He was the son of Auguste de Gas, a banker, and Celestine Musson de Gas, an American from New Orleans. Edgar was the oldest of the five children Auguste and Celestine had. Their family was members of the middle class, however, for many years their family spelled their name “de Gas” which thanks to the preposition “de” suggested that their family was from a land-owning aristocratic background. It wasn’t until 1870 that Edgar changed