Edgar Degas

Take a Mary Cassatt Birthday Quiz!

Posted 05.22.2012

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Today is the birthday of American artist and early feminist Mary Cassatt. The long time friend of Edgar Degas and influential member of the Impression...

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The Line Is Drawn Between Rembrandt And Degas At The Met

Posted 02.27.2012

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Soaking in the work of the French Impressionist Edgar Degas is one breathtaking experience to behold, but to examine the artist alongside the great Du...

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Christie's Sells 3 Top Works From Liz Taylor's Art Collection

AP | Posted 04.08.2012

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LONDON — Three top works from the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection have sold at a London auction for nearly 14 million poun...

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Nobody Wants To Buy Degas' Ballerina

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

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NEW YORK — A bronze sculpture of a young ballerina by French Impressionist Edgar Degas has failed to find a buyer at Christie's New York auction...

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What Is Art? Famous Artists Respond

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Ad Reinhardt, Leonardo, Twyla Tharp, Edgar Degas, Warhol, Karl Marx, Da Vinci, Degas, George Wyllie, Gauguin, Braques, Nietzsche, Art Is, Arts News

For centuries we have wondered, what is art? Many nights we've tossed and turned pondering this unsolvable question. And now, HuffPost Arts is here to...

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Disciple: What Degas Learned From Rembrandt

David Galenson | Posted 11.29.2011

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In 1856, 22-year-old Edgar Degas left the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris just a year after he had enrolled.

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Guess The Artist

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, Toulouse-Lautrec, Post-Impressionism, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Post Impressionism, Painting, Paul Cezanne, Postimpressionism, French Painting, Nineteenth Century, Arts News

One of the most prominent Post-Impressionist painters, this nineteenth-century artist is best known for his lurid color palette and provocative subjec...

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Where Art Is Spoken -- Three Midtown Magnets

Mark Wiener and Linda DiGusta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andres Serrano, Roger Smith Hotel, Molly Barnes, Willem De Kooning, Morgan Library, Edgar Degas, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Roy Lichtenstein, Clement Greenberg, Hello Kitty, Taryn Simon, Lever House, Gagosian Gallery, New-York-Art-Exhibits, Midtown Art Exhibits, Arts News

"Contraband" is the culmination of photographer Taryn Simon's 5-day documentation of every single item -- from sandwiches to firearms -- seized from international flights at JFK Airport in New York.

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PAINTING: Degas and Picasso Side-By-Side, Two New York Exhibitions

wsj.com | ANN LANDI | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York City is playing host to two Picasso shows this summer, but the most challenging and provocative exhibition dedicated to that colossus of 20th...

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INSPIRED ART: 'Picasso Looks at Degas'

wsj.com | MICHAEL FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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'Picasso Looks at Degas" is a double-barreled delight. It offers not only the chance to see many fine works that Picasso made under the inspiration of...

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Normandy Impressionist Festival: Andre Malraux Museum at Le Havre

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is impossible to write about the impressionist art inside the museums of Normandy without describing the natural beauty and scenes from everyday l...

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Normandy: Rare Prints Exhibited at Caen

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Caen, France, Fine Art, Edgar Degas, Sculpture, Impressionism, Musee De Fine Arts at Caen, Camille Pissarro, Art, Normandy, Paul Cezanne, Engraving, Mary Cassatt, Printmaking, Arts News

If you read my earlier post, "Normandy: Birthplace of Impressionism Celebrated this Summer" you know that the entire Normandy region of France is pay...

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Gunmen Grab $163m in Art at Swiss Museum

AP | ERNST E. ABEGG | Posted 05.25.2011

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ZURICH, Switzerland — Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the bui...

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