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René de Gas by Edgar Degas

René de Gas

Edgar Degas · 1855

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Artist
Edgar Degas
Date
1855
Location
National Gallery of Art
ART MOVEMENTS
Impressionism
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THE ARTIST

Edgar Degas

1834–1917 · France

Captured ballet dancers and modern Parisian life in pastels with an eye as precise as a photographer's lens.

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The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Same era · 1840s–1870s The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky Léon-Victor Dupré · 1855 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1840s–1870s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Birches Same era · 1840s–1870s Birches William Hart · 1855 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston Spring Flowers Same era · 1840s–1870s Spring Flowers Gustave Courbet · 1855 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Same era · 1840s–1870s Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1853 · Metropolitan Museum of Art Olive Trees Same era · 1840s–1870s Olive Trees Vincent van Gogh · 1853 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Sheepshearers Same era · 1840s–1870s The Sheepshearers Jean-François Millet · 1857 · Art Institute of Chicago Lion Hunt Same era · 1840s–1870s Lion Hunt Eugène Delacroix · 1858 · Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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