- École des Beaux-Arts, Paris under Louis Lamothe (1855)
- Painting
- Pastels
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Monotypes
Edgar Degas shared exhibitions with the Impressionists but pursued a more studio-based investigation of modern urban life. Ballet dancers, laundresses, café interiors, racecourses and women bathing allowed him to test unusual viewpoints, cropped compositions and the possibilities of pastel, monotype and sculpture.
Painting; pastel; drawing; sculpture; printmaking
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1858–67The Bellelli Family
- 1871–74The Ballet Class
- 1874The Dance Class
- 1875–76L’Absinthe
- 1875Place de la Concorde
- 1880–81Little Dancer Aged Fourteen →
- 1886The Tub
- c. 1890Dancers in Blue
- c. 1885Woman Combing Her Hair
- c. 1890–95After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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