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- Edgar Degas
- A Study of a Girl's Head
- Late 1870s
- NG 2227
- Edgar Degas
- Nude Study for 'The 14 Year Old Dancer, Dressed'
- about 1878
- NG 1624
- Edgar Degas
- Diego Martelli (1839 - 1896)
- 1879
- NG 1785
- On Display
- Drawn to Paint
- National Gallery at 150
- Edgar Degas
- Study for the Portrait of Diego Martelli
- about 1879
- D 3873
- Drawn to Paint
- Edgar Degas
- Grande Arabesque, Third Time (First Arabesque Penchée)
- about 1882 - 1895
- NG 2285
- On Display
- Dance
- Edgar Degas
- The Tub
- about 1889
- NG 2286
- On Display
- Venus Rising
- Edgar Degas
- A Group of Dancers
- 1890s
- NG 2225
- On Display
- Dance
- Edgar Degas
- Woman Drying Herself
- about 1890 - 1895
- D NG 2226
- Edgar Degas
- Before the Performance
- about 1896 - 1898
- NG 2224
- On Display
Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
Degas's celebrated paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture focus on aspects of Parisian modern life, including the racecourse and the ballet. His studies at the École des Beaux-Arts encouraged his interest in the human figure which remained central to his art. He travelled to Italy, where he had relatives, and where he continued to study the art of the past. The family portraits he painted there, however, also reflect his interest in capturing momentary appearances and unusual viewpoints. This he shared with the Impressionists, whom he met through Edouard Manet, on his return to Paris. Degas contributed to seven of the eight Impressionist group exhibitions.
