Essays on Edgar Degas

Degas had become friends with Manet after a chance meeting in Louvre. They both painted similar subjects in absinth drinkers, waitresses, café-concerts and the side of society that was ignored by most of the inhabitants of Paris but was always seen by the flaneur. However, Degas became more identifiable with the ballet dancers because he...

Females in the Nude was a topic that was approached lightly. Three common nude paintings were Édouard Manet’s Olympia, painted in 1863, Edgar Degas’ The Tub which was painted in 1886 and also Paul Gauguin’s Spirit of the Dead Watching, painted 1892. All three paintings and artists are different in their own right but they...

Impressionism is regarded as one of the most influential and innovative art movements throughout the history of art to so many artists. This art movement had originated in France during the 1870’s thanks to artists like Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edouard Manet, and Edgar Degas. These artists are celebrated for being independent of the academic...