Edgar Degas, dependent for the first time …
Years: 1874 - 1874
April
Edgar Degas, dependent for the first time in his life on sales of his artwork for income, will produce much of his greatest work during the decade beginning in 1874.
By now thoroughly disenchanted with the Salon, Degas joins forces with a group of young artists who are intent upon organizing an independent exhibiting society.
Degas’s father had died earlier in the year, and in the subsequent settling of the estate it had been discovered that Degas's brother René has amassed enormous business debts.
To preserve the family name, Degas has been forced to sell his house and a collection of art he had inherited.
Edgar Degas: Ballettprobe (1873). Oil on canvas; 45.8 cm (18″) x Width: 61 cm (24″); Fogg Museum, Cambridge MA
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- Alfred Sisley
- Antonin Proust
- Armand Guillaumin
- Berthe Morisot
- Camille Pissarro
- Claude Monet
- Edgar Degas
- Eugène Boudin
- Gustave Courbet
- Nadar
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Gauguin
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Édouard Manet
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Years: 1874 - 1874
April
Edgar Degas: Ballettprobe (1873). Oil on canvas; 45.8 cm (18″) x Width: 61 cm (24″); Fogg Museum, Cambridge MA
Locations
People
- Alfred Sisley
- Antonin Proust
- Armand Guillaumin
- Berthe Morisot
- Camille Pissarro
- Claude Monet
- Edgar Degas
- Eugène Boudin
- Gustave Courbet
- Nadar
- Paul Cézanne
- Paul Gauguin
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Édouard Manet
Groups
Topics
Subjects
Regions
Subregions