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When Edgar Degas died in 1917, his heirs found crate after crate gathering dust in the rented rooms inhabited by the isolated old artist. The opened containers revealed one of the greatest personal art collections of all time: There were paintings, drawings, and prints by El Greco, Ingres, Delacroix, Daumier, Cassatt, Manet, van Gogh, Cézanne, and Degas himself, including the famous Bellelli Family, a work from his youth that Degas could never bear to part with. When his heirs auctioned off the collection in 1918, governments granted national museums special funds to make purchases, even though it was the height of World War I and money was tight. The museums, it turned out, were also aided by the war--on the day of the sale, cannon fire sent most bidders running for cover. The ones who remained got bargain prices. This gorgeous book is filled with color plates of many of the paintings, and its 14 thoughtful essays are invaluable to comprehending the tastes of a single artist, one with the eye and the wherewithal to put together such an amazing collection.
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Degas, had he not produced a large body of art, would have been known as a great collector. Originally intending to establish a museum for his treasures, the secretive Degas later abandoned the idea, and the contents of his studio were dispersed at auction after his death in 1918. This catalog for a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a series of essays examining turn-of-the-century art collecting in France, chronicling the famous auctions, and exploring the relationship between Degas's own painting and the works he selected, including those by Ingres, Delacroix, Gauguin, Manet, Daumier, and many others. Each chapter is fully footnoted and richly illustrated with full-color reproductions. As the book reveals, much of the French art in the world's finest museums once belonged to Degas. This unique catalog will have wide appeal, interesting collectors and dealers; scholars and students of Degas, French painting, and Impressionism; and the museum-going public. Recommended for art collections and larger public libraries.?Ellen Bates, MLS, New York
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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When Edgar Degas died in 1917, his heirs found crate after crate gathering dust in the rented rooms inhabited by the isolated old artist. The opened containers revealed one of the greatest personal art collections of all time: There were paintings, drawings, and prints by El Greco, Ingres, Delacroix, Daumier, Cassatt, Manet, van Gogh, Cézanne, and Degas himself, including the famous Bellelli Family, a work from his youth that Degas could never bear to part with. When his heirs auctioned off the collection in 1918, governments granted national museums special funds to make purchases, even though it was the height of World War I and money was tight. The museums, it turned out, were also aided by the war--on the day of the sale, cannon fire sent most bidders running for cover. The ones who remained got bargain prices. This gorgeous book is filled with color plates of many of the paintings, and its 14 thoughtful essays are invaluable to comprehending the tastes of a single artist, one with the eye and the wherewithal to put together such an amazing collection.
From Library Journal
Degas, had he not produced a large body of art, would have been known as a great collector. Originally intending to establish a museum for his treasures, the secretive Degas later abandoned the idea, and the contents of his studio were dispersed at auction after his death in 1918. This catalog for a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art presents a series of essays examining turn-of-the-century art collecting in France, chronicling the famous auctions, and exploring the relationship between Degas's own painting and the works he selected, including those by Ingres, Delacroix, Gauguin, Manet, Daumier, and many others. Each chapter is fully footnoted and richly illustrated with full-color reproductions. As the book reveals, much of the French art in the world's finest museums once belonged to Degas. This unique catalog will have wide appeal, interesting collectors and dealers; scholars and students of Degas, French painting, and Impressionism; and the museum-going public. Recommended for art collections and larger public libraries.?Ellen Bates, MLS, New York
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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To be both "illustrious and unknown": this was his desire, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834-1917) once asserted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collection print sale, atelier sale, ooo frs, softground etching, collection sale, des ateliers, ooo francs, black chalk, blue sofa, male portraits, old master drawings, son atelier, sale catalogue, des ventes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, National Gallery, Joseph Durand-Ruel, Henri Rouart, Mme Leblanc, Berthe Morisot, George Durand-Ruel, Arts Graphiques, Paul Gauguin, Eugene Delacroix, Camille Pissarro, Theodore Reff, Edmond Duranty, Lettres de Degas, Bryson Burroughs, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Louisine Havemeyer, Rogers Fund, American Art News, Georges Petit, Saint Ildefonso, Baron Schwiter, Charles Baudelaire New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover |
To be both "illustrious and unknown": this was his desire, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834-1917) once asserted. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
collection print sale, atelier sale, ooo frs, softground etching, collection sale, des ateliers, ooo francs, black chalk, blue sofa, male portraits, old master drawings, son atelier, sale catalogue, des ventes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, National Gallery, Joseph Durand-Ruel, Henri Rouart, Mme Leblanc, Berthe Morisot, George Durand-Ruel, Arts Graphiques, Paul Gauguin, Eugene Delacroix, Camille Pissarro, Theodore Reff, Edmond Duranty, Lettres de Degas, Bryson Burroughs, Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Louisine Havemeyer, Rogers Fund, American Art News, Georges Petit, Saint Ildefonso, Baron Schwiter, Charles Baudelaire New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover |