Monday, March 21, 2011

Monday Morning Museum: Edgar Degas




Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas – Saturday 19 July 1834 Paris, France to Thursday 27 September 1917 Paris, France

French Realist / Impressionist Painter and Sculptor

Degas is known for his paintings of ballet dancers, but in this work – Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879 – he presents a performer of a different kind. Living in Southern California, I certainly appreciate the woman’s name.



Last Monday’s Artist – Mary Stevenson Cassatt
Next Monday’s Artist – Robert Rauschenberg

Images:
Left: At the Races: The Start, 1861-1862 from the website the-anthenaeum.org
Center: The Dance Class, 1874 from the website metmusuem.org
Right: The Millinery Shop, 1885 from the website the-anthenaeum.org
Below: “Monday Morning Museum” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

Monday Morning Museum logo created by Adrean Darce Brent

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