# The Millinery Shop, in Impressionism

Edgar Degas painted this in 1879-86, aged about 45. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

From the museum's label:

> When this work was painted, millinery work (hat making) was considered a prestigious trade, elevating the women who succeeded in the business.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

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## The work

- Date: 1879-86
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 100 × 110.7 cm (39 3/8 × 43 9/16 in.); Framed: 132.1 × 142.3 × 9.6 cm (52 × 56 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.428
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Edgar Degas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/edgar-degas), French, 1834–1917

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.

15 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Edgar Degas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/edgar-degas?hang=748) (15 works)
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