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Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)

Edgar Degas

Thoroughbred Horse Walking, 1865

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Biography

Timeline

1834: Born Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas in Paris, France, on July 19
1855: Studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1856 - 1859: Lived in Rome
1861: Completed a few history paintings, including Daughter of Jephthah
1862 - 1870: Painted portraits of his family and friends
1870: Served in the artillery during the Franco-Prussian War
1874: Stopped exhibiting at the Salon
1917: Died in Paris, France, on September 27

Exhibitions

2010 - 2012: Edgar Degas, The Private Impressionist, Works on Paper by the Artist and his Circle, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA; Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (solo exhibition)
2009: Degas: master of French art, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia (solo exhibition)
Edgar Degas. Intimity and Pose, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo exhibition)
2007 - 2008: Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, USA (solo exhibition)
2006 - 2007: Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, USA (solo exhibition)
2006: Degas at the Getty, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA (solo exhibition)
2005: Degas at Harvard, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA (solo exhibition)
2004: Degas Sculptures, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, USA; The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (solo exhibition)
Degas and the Italians in Paris, Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo exhibition)
Art in the Making: Degas, The National Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
All 73 sculptures by Edgar Degas, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (solo exhibition)
2003: Degas and the Dance, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA (solo exhibition)
2000: Degas Pastel Society: Eighth Biennial National Exhibition, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, USA (solo exhibition)
1996 - 1997: Degas: Beyond Impressionism, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The National Gallery, London, UK (solo exhibition)
1979: Degas and the Dance, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, USA (solo exhibition)
1974 - 1975: Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
1925: Edgar Degas Sculpture, Ferargil Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo exhibition)
1922: Exhibition of Bronzes by Degas, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
1905: Grafton Galleries, London, UK
1892: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo exhibition)
1886: Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, The American Art Galleries; The National Academy of Design, New York, NY, USA
8me Exposition de Peinture, 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, France
1881: 6me Exposition de Peinture, 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France
1880: 5me Exposition de Peinture, 10 rue des Pyramides, Paris, France
1879: 4me Exposition de Peinture, 28 avenue de l'Opéra, Paris, France
1877: 3me Exposition de Peinture, 6 rue Le Peletier, Paris, France
1876: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France
1874: Société Anonyme des Artistes, Paris, France
1870: The Salon, Paris, France
1869: The Salon, Paris, France
1868: The Salon, Paris, France
1867: The Salon, Paris, France
1866: The Salon, Paris, France
1865: The Salon, Paris, France

Public Collections

: The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
: National Gallery, London, UK
: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
: Frick Collection, New York, NY
: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
: Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Literature

1995: Callen, Anthea. The Spectacular Body: Science, Method and Meaning in the Work of Degas. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995
1992: Kendall, Richard and Griselda Pollock, eds. Dealing with Degas. London: Pandora, 1992
1988: Thomson, Richard. Degas: The Nudes. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988
1987: Lipton, Eunice. Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987
1984: McMullen, Roy. Degas: His Life, Times, and Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984

Edgar Degas

(French, 1834–1917)

Edgar Degas

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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