Twenty years ago, Berkeley author Jeffrey Meyers published “Impressionist Quartet,” an interlocking biography exploring the ...

DEGAS, AN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER? The Musée des Impressionnismes in Giverny attempts to answer the question with an exhibition of the same title, presenting 80 paintings, drawings, pastels and ...

The French painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was in some respects the most misunderstood artist of his generation. While his character The French painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was in some respects the ...

PARISPARIS — For the new landmark exhibit “Degas and the Nude” at Paris’ revamped Musee d’Orsay, ballet fans should be advised: approach with caution. The name Edgar Degas, for decades synonymous with ...

Edgar Degas, the Impressionist painter who made antebellum New Orleans his home for a crucial half-year, will be in the spotlight at Tulane University starting Feb. 18. The Newcomb Art Gallery will ...

Edgar Degas left his mark on New Orleans. The French Impressionist master, who lived here for a crucial six months in 1872 and 1873, created a few of his most famous works in the city, and often ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Michelle Foa wants to set the record straight about Edgar Degas. She wants the world to understand that he painted so much more than dancers and laundresses and did so in a variety of ...

The TOP HATS of Paris aren’t just the ones worn by men; they include the bonnets women wear as well. Rita Braver has a survey of classic headwear that’s perfectly timed for this day: Bing Crosby may ...

French impressionist Edgar Degas exhibited only one sculpture in his lifetime: “Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen.” But he loved sculpting in the privacy of his studio. In honor of the centenary of Degas’ ...

When we meet Mary Cassatt in playwright Chris Ward’s new production, The Independents, playing now off Broadway at the Jerry Orbach Theater, she is at her studio awaiting a visit from Edgar Degas. A ...

A woman watches "La toilette", a painting by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes as part of the exhibition " Degas and the Nude" in Paris, Monday, March 12, 2012. This exhibition has been organised by the Musee ...