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Edgar Degas was a French painter and sculptor whose perceptive analysis of figures in motion made him one of the great masters of modern art in the late nineteenth century.

‘It is essential to do the same subject over again, ten times, a hundred times’.

EDGAR DEGAS

Degas is sometimes classed with the Impressionists, though his training in classical draughtsmanship and his aversion to painting directly from nature produced a related but distinctive style. After 1865, under the influence of the budding Impressionist movement, Degas moved away from historical subjects and portraits in favour of contemporary themes. Unlike the Impressionists, however, he preferred to work in the studio and was attracted by theatrical subjects; most of his works depict racecourses, theatres, cafés and music halls.

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‘If Degas had died at fifty, he would have been remembered as an excellent painter, no more; it is after his fiftieth year that his work broadens out and that he really becomes Degas.’

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

Trois Danseuses, c. 1900–1905

Edgar Degas

Trois Danseuses from c. 1900–05 depicts Edgar Degas’ most beloved subject matter: the ballet. Charcoal was ideal for fleeting depictions of the ballet and this artwork is typical of Degas’ practice of drawing on tracing paper to allow compositions to be later transferred to another surface, or even reversed. Here, a charcoal drawing has been mounted onto board and, subsequently, white and mint green pastel additions have been applied by the artist. Trois Danseuse exemplifies Degas’ interest not just with the image of the dancers, but also their physical movement, subtly rotating the

Le Petit Déjeuner après le bain, c.1895

Edgar Degas

A preparatory study for one of Edgar Degas’ most accomplished pastel works of the same title, Le Petit Déjeuner après le bain [The Breakfast after the Bath], c. 1895, demonstrates the distinctive mark-making and the meticulous reworking of composition that characterised Degas’ later work. The artist made two preliminary drawings: one

‘Beauty is a mystery, but no one knows it anymore. The recipes, the secrets are forgotten.’

EDGAR DEGAS

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