# Edgar Degas

French, 1834–1917; born in Paris; died in Paris

Degas trained in the academic tradition, admired Ingres and spent three years in Italy copying earlier art, but turned to modern Paris for his subjects: dancers, racecourses, laundresses, milliners and café singers. He helped organise the Impressionist exhibitions and showed in all but one, yet preferred to call himself a realist. Working from drawing and memory rather than outdoors, he composed with unexpected cropping and viewpoints, and in later years worked mostly in pastel as his eyesight failed.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

15 works in the collection.

- [The Dance Class](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dance-class-met-438817), Edgar Degas, 1874. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Millinery Shop](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-millinery-shop-aic-14572), Edgar Degas, 1879-86. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Henri Degas and His Niece Lucie Degas (The Artist's Uncle and Cousin)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/henri-degas-and-his-niece-lucie-degas-the-artist-s-uncle-and-aic-14574), Edgar Degas, 1875–76. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Yellow Dancers (In the Wings)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/yellow-dancers-in-the-wings-aic-18951), Edgar Degas, 1874–76. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-woman-seated-beside-a-vase-of-flowers-madame-paul-valpinco-met-436121), Edgar Degas, 1865. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Before the Ballet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/before-the-ballet-nga-1158), Edgar Degas, 1890/1892. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Alexander and Bucephalus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/alexander-and-bucephalus-nga-101776), Edgar Degas, 1861/1862. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Ballet at the Paris Opéra](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/ballet-at-the-paris-opera-aic-61603), Edgar Degas, 1877. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Dancers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dancers-cma-95271), Edgar Degas, c. 1896. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Sheet of Studies and Sketches](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sheet-of-studies-and-sketches-cma-128808), Edgar Degas, 1858. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Estérel Village](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/esterel-village-cma-142356), Edgar Degas, c. 1890. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Conversation: Ludovic Halévy and Madame Cardinal (The Conversation) for "La Famille Cardinal" by Ludovic Halévy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/conversation-ludovic-halevy-and-madame-cardinal-the-conversa-cma-143203), Edgar Degas, c. 1880–83. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Self-Portrait](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-cma-163547), Edgar Degas, 1857. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Édouard Manet, Seated, Holding His Hat](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/edouard-manet-seated-holding-his-hat-met-333813), Edgar Degas, ca. 1868. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-met-359362), Edgar Degas, 1892. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.