Degas

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters.

~Edgar Degas

 

Dance Posing for a Photograph Dance Posing for a Photograph
Portrait of Hortense Valpiincon, 1871 Portrait of Hortense Valpiincon, 1871

 

The secret is to follow the advice the masters give you in their works while doing something different from them.

~Edgar Degas

 

 

I posted two videos on the art works of Edgar Degas with YouTube on the Channel: A PRONK STUDIO VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/user/raymondpronk 

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 Edgar Degas Part 1 of 2

 

Edgar Degas Part 2 of 2

 

 ’Art’ is the same word as ‘artifice,’ that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means.

~Edgar Degas

Woman Ironing, 1876-1877 Woman Ironing, 1876-1877

 

The Tub, 1886 The Tub, 1886

 

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

~Edgar Degas 

 

Background Articles and Videos

 

The Impressionists BBC (Part 1)

 

The Impressionists BBC (Part 2)

 

The Impressionists BBC (Part 3)

 

 

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