Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes [Hardcover]

Ann Dumas (Author), Richard Kendall (Author), Flemming Friborg (Author), Line Clausen Pedersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2006

Edgar Degas is regarded, above all, as a painter of the human figure and of city life, and yet both his early notebooks and the practice of his later years attest to his consistent interest in landscape painting. In tracing Degas's response to landscape, including, most notably, his visits to the small resort of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, in Picardy, and in closely analysing his painterly practice, this book reassesses the importance of landscape painting to his career. By revealing Degas's little-known love of this genre, it challenges our assumptions about one of the giants of Impressionist art.

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About the Author

Ann Dumas is an independent art historian and curator, and is co-author of Renoir’s Women, also published by Merrell.

Richard Kendall is Curator at Large at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and a specialist in Impressionist art.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 127 pages
• Publisher: Merrell Publishers; 1 edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858943434
• ISBN-13: 978-1858943435
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,063,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Arts & Photography > Schools, Periods & Styles > Impressionism

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5.0 out of 5 stars A hundred works by Degas provides a new focus on this aspect of his vision and influence., January 4, 2007

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This review is from: Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes (Hardcover)

There have been so many books on the market covering the life and works of Degas that we're almost hesitant to recommend yet another, but what makes Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes stand out from the crowd is its in-depth focus on a surprisingly little-known aspect of his work: his scenery of northern France and the small town of his childhood. Here he experimented with painting and print-making techniques and used his sketchbook drawings to integrate landscape painting into his more notable works. A hundred works by Degas provides a new focus on this aspect of his vision and influence.