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The False Start by Edgar Degas

The False Start

Edgar Degas · 1870

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DETAILS
Artist
Edgar Degas
Date
1870
Location
Yale University Art Gallery
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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Beyond Degas and Impressionism: works from the same years.

Cart with Black Ox Same era · 1850s–1880s Cart with Black Ox Vincent van Gogh · 1884 · Portland Art Museum Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Same era · 1850s–1880s Barks Fleeing Before the Storm Léon-Victor Dupré · 1870 · Art Institute of Chicago Paris Street; Rainy Day Same era · 1850s–1880s Paris Street; Rainy Day Kawabata Gyokushō · 1877 · Art Institute of Chicago The Backgammon Players Same era · 1850s–1880s The Backgammon Players Philip Webb · 1861 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1850s–1880s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Same era · 1850s–1880s Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) in a Straw Hat Paul Cézanne · 1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the Adirondacks Same era · 1850s–1880s In the Adirondacks William Hart · 1870 · Q847508 Moroccan Horseshoer Same era · 1850s–1880s Moroccan Horseshoer Mariano Fortuny Marsal · 1870 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
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