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Edgar Degas Biography
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1834 |
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Born Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas in Paris, France on July 19th
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1855 |
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Studied at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
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1856 |
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Lived in Rome for 3 years
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1861 |
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Completed a few history paintings, including the Daughter of Jephthah
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1862 - 1870 |
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Painted portraits of his family and friends
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1870 |
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Served in the artillery during the Franco-Prussian War
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1874 |
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Stopped exhibiting at the Salon
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1917 |
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Died: in Paris, France on September 27th
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1917 |
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Died: in Paris, France on September 27th
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010 - 2012
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Edgar Degas, The Private Impressionist, Works on Paper by the Artist and his Circle, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL; Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (solo)
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2009
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Degas: master of French art, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia (solo)
Edgar Degas. Intimity and Pose, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Degas in Bronze: The Complete Sculptures, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL (solo)
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2006 - 2007
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Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (solo)
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2006
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Degas at the Getty, The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2005
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Degas at Harvard, The Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, MA (solo)
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2004
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Degas Sculptures, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (solo)
Degas and the Italians in Paris, Edinburgh's Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
Art in the Making: Degas, The National Gallery, London, UK (solo)
All 73 sculptures by Edgar Degas, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ (solo)
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2003
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Degas and the Dance, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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2000
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Degas Pastel Society: Eighth Biennial National Exhibition, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Degas: Beyond Impressionism, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The National Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1979
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Degas and the Dance, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA (solo)
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1974 - 1975
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Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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1925
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Edgar Degas Sculpture, Ferargil Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1922
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Exhibition of Bronzes by Degas, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)
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1905
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Grafton Galleries, London, UK
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1892
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Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France (solo)
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1886
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Works in Oil and Pastel by the Impressionists of Paris, The American Art Galleries; The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
8me Exposition de Peinture, 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, France
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1881
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6me Exposition de Peinture, 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris, France
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1880
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5me Exposition de Peinture, 10 rue des Pyramides, Paris, France
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1879
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4me Exposition de Peinture, 28 avenue de l'Opéra, Paris, France
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1877
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3me Exposition de Peinture, 6 rue Le Peletier, Paris, France
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1876
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Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, France
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1874
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Société Anonyme des Artistes, Paris, France
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1870
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The Salon, Paris, France
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1869
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The Salon, Paris, France
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1868
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The Salon, Paris, France
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1867
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The Salon, Paris, France
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1866
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The Salon, Paris, France
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1865
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The Salon, Paris, France
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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
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
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| Literature |
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1995
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Callen, Anthea. The Spectacular Body: Science, Method and Meaning in the Work of Degas. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995
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1992
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Kendall, Richard and Griselda Pollock, eds. Dealing with Degas. London: Pandora, 1992
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1988
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Thomson, Richard. Degas: The Nudes. London: Thames & Hudson, 1988
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1987
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Lipton, Eunice. Looking into Degas: Uneasy Images of Women and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987
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1984
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McMullen, Roy. Degas: His Life, Times, and Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984
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| Links to further information |
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