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1. Degas, the Odd Man Out: The Impressionistic Exhibitions 2. Duranty on Degas: A Theory of Modern Painting 3. Reading the Work of Degas 4. Against the Grain: J.K. Huysmans and the 1886 Series of Nudes 5. The Myth of Degas
Edgar Degas c. 1855 –1860 [7]. Degas was born in Paris, France, into a moderately wealthy family.He was the oldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Augustin De Gas, a banker. [8]
Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas [1] is the title of a painting by Edgar Degas.Painted in oil on canvas, it is 54.5 cm high and 39.5 cm wide.The double portrait, painted around 1871–1872, [2] shows the Catalan tenor Lorenzo Pagans performing a song and guitar recital.
Edgar Degas first sold At the Races in the Countryside to his art dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, in September of 1872. Less than a month later, Degas left Paris for New Orleans to visit relatives. In October, the painting was sent to London and shown at the Fifth Exhibition of the Society of French Artists .
Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartans and as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, [1] is an early oil on canvas painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas. The work depicts two groups of male and female Spartan youth exercising and challenging each other in some way.
Edgar Degas had familial ties to Creole New Orleans. Germain Musson, Degas's maternal grandfather, was born of French descent in Port-Au-Prince . In the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution , he relocated in 1810 to New Orleans where he established himself as a cotton exporter. [ 2 ]
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To ensure that his piece would not be overlooked, Degas chose a large canvas, 180 by 152 centimeters. [2]: 49 This painting may have signaled Degas's transition from history paintings to "modern" paintings. [3]: 254–255 Edouard Manet, The Dead Man, 1864. Degas may have been further influenced by his rivalry with Edouard Manet.