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Edgar Degas

1834–1917 · French

Born
1834 · Paris
Died
1917 · Paris

373 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist. He was famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

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Edgar Degas (UK: , US: ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced wax sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist, and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did. Degas was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers and bathing female nudes. In addition to ballet dancers and bathing women, Degas painted racehorses and racing jockeys, as well as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and their portrayal of human isolation. At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classical Western art. In his early thirties he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of modern life.

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Selected from 373 works by Edgar Degas in the Collect24 Registry.

Edgar Degas, Before the Race

Edgar Degas

Before the Race, c. 1887–89

pastel with charcoal underdrawing on tracing paper mounted on cardboard

57.5 × 65.4 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-1103185

Edgar Degas, [Seated Nude]

Edgar Degas

[Seated Nude], 1895

Gelatin silver print

17 × 12.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-759603

Edgar Degas, [Portrait of Louise Halévy by Lamplight. (Portrait de Louise Halévy à la lueur de la lampe)]

Edgar Degas

[Portrait of Louise Halévy by Lamplight. (Portrait de Louise Halévy à la lueur de la lampe)], 1895

Gelatin silver print

40.3 × 29.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-413154

Edgar Degas, [Louise Halévy Reading to Degas]

Edgar Degas

[Louise Halévy Reading to Degas], about 1895

Gelatin silver print

28.7 × 39.7 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-438066

Edgar Degas, After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Back

Edgar Degas

After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Back, 1896

Gelatin silver print

16.5 × 12 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-399794

Edgar Degas, Sketches of Café Singers

Edgar Degas

Sketches of Café Singers, 1877

Drawing

26 × 34.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-214137

Edgar Degas, Caricature Sketches

Edgar Degas

Caricature Sketches, 1877

Drawing

26 × 34.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-211537

Edgar Degas, Sketches of Café Singers

Edgar Degas

Sketches of Café Singers, 1877

Drawing

26 × 34.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-210862

Edgar Degas, Après le bain (Femme s'essuyant)

Edgar Degas

Après le bain (Femme s'essuyant), about 1895

Pastel, on paper laid down on board

72 × 58 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-210842

Edgar Degas, The Jockey

Edgar Degas

The Jockey, c. 1885–1900

charcoal

48.5 × 31.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-210441

Edgar Degas, Woman Seated

Edgar Degas

Woman Seated, 1877

Drawing

26 × 34.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-210145

Edgar Degas, Diego Martelli

Edgar Degas

Diego Martelli, 1879

charcoal and white chalk

44 × 31.3 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-209134

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