Born in Paris, France 1834. Degas was the great figure painter of the 19th century. He tried to capture the instantaneous character of movement and gesture and he used his technical skill for innovation rather than for working in the style of the day. An early student of photography, he used early prints to analyse accurately the motions of human beings for paintings such as ‘Blue Dancers’: this image also shows his novel use of perspective influenced by Japanese art. He was not aiming for images which look real but feel real. ‘The Return of the Herd’ is like a film-still, with surfaces indicated by colour over accurate drawing, and a composition of a sculptural quality. For most of his later life he was almost completely blind. He died in Paris, 1917.

DEG001 L’Altiste
DEG001 L’Altiste

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DEG005 Ballet (L’Etoile)
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DEG007 Dancers Resting, 1884
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DEG008 Two Dancers, 1891
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DEG010 Dancers Resting, 1898
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DEG011 The Bellelli Family
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DEG012 Gentleman Race
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DEG013 Le Defile
DEG013 Le Defile

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DEG014 Blue Dancers, 1893
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DEG015 The Dance Class
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DEG016 Absinthe, 1876
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DEG017 Green Dancers
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DEG018 The Singing Lesson
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DEG019 Le Chant de Chien
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DEG020 The Laundresses
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DEG022 Arlequin et Colombine
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DEG023 Woman in the Bath
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DEG024 Woman Washing Herself
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DEG027 After the Bath
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DEG028 Woman Combing her Hair
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DEG029 Toilette
DEG029 Toilette

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DEG030 The Cotton Exchange
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DEG031 The Milliner’s Shop
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DEG032 Anne of Cleves
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DEG034 The Artist in the Studio
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DEG037 Toilette After the Bath
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DEG038 After the Bath, 1892
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DEG039 After the Bath, 1895
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DEG042 The Pedicure
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DEG043 Two Women Bathing
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DEG044 La Coiffure
DEG044 La Coiffure

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DEG045 Woman at her Toilette
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DEG047 Dinner at the Ball, 1879
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DEG048 Medieval War Scene, 1865
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DEG049 The Chat, 1895
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DEG050 Woman with Chrysanthemums
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DEG053 Woman with Piano
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DEG059 Dancer Onstage
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DEG060 A Dancer Resting
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DEG061 Ballet Exercises, 1881
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DEG066 Three Dancers in Pink
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DEG067 Dancers with Bouquets
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DEG069 Scene de Ballet, 1893
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DEG070 Dancers, 1895
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DEG071 Dancer Seated, 1896
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DEG072 Dancers in Red
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DEG073 Ballet Scene, 1906
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DEG074 Woman with Chinese Vase
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DEG079 At the Milliner’s Shop
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DEG084 Portrait of Rose Caron
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DEG085 Seated Woman
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DEG086 Horserace in Longchamp
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SA031 Blue Dancers
SA031 Blue Dancers

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