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Looking Hard at Edgar Degas 1834-1917


‘Looking Hard at Edgar Degas 1834-1917’ is an examination of the approach of this most private of artists, to his subject, through his paintings.  

Degas is far more than a painter of ballet dancers or merely an ‘impressionist’. In fact his concentration on the figure places him firmly in the classical tradition.  The ultimate voyeur, he seems to lie in wait for his subjects, catching them unawares in their private worlds.  These apparently natural or casual images are hard won, and as he himself said ‘No art was ever less spontaneous than mine’.  
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  • Home
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  • Art Talks
    • Artists >
      • Manet
      • Edgar Degas
      • Pierre Bonnard
      • Henri Matisse
      • Francis Bacon
      • Christopher Wood
      • Sidney Nolan
    • Great Collectors >
      • Sergey Shchukin
      • Gertrude Stein
    • Renaissance >
      • Early Renaissance Art Florence
      • Painters of Perfection
      • Ten Treasures of the Uffizi
      • Portinari Altarpiece
    • General Subjects >
      • Talking Pictures
      • The Art Book
      • The nude in art
      • Portraiture
    • South West Region >
      • Why St Ives?
      • Dartington Hall
      • House for Mr Curry
  • Courses
  • Calendar 2020
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