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Sep 7, 2021 · Many researchers cannot forgive him for his conservative social views, quite typical of a well-off person in the 19th century, and the strange words he tended to use to describe his models. The art historian John Richardson categorically calls Degas a “misogynist in a misogynistic society”.
Jan 6, 2021 · Degas was undoubtedly a merciless, cantankerous man. He was a misogynist – peers seemed almost afraid of his antagonism towards women – an especially troubling reputation considering the ...
Jan 18, 2022 · What Was Degas’ View of Women? Reclusive and often cantankerous, Degas developed a reputation as a misanthrope. He was described by fellow artist Jacques-Emile Blanche as “a misogynist and a...
Oct 4, 2017 · That Edgar Degas possessed a gift for capturing fleeting moments is no secret. The 19th-century painter was unrivalled at conveying the human figure — almost always female — at its most ...
Nov 21, 2018 · Laurens posits that it’s highly unlikely Degas sexually abused 14-year-old van Goethem, because Degas was a well-documented celibate, his abstinence rooted in a disgust of womankind.
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Sep 22, 2017 · The famous painting sometimes known as In a Café, but more commonly by a translation of its alternate title of L’Absinthe (1873), presents an even bleaker view of the life and prospects of a ‘modern woman’. Set in a Paris café, a woman and man sit beside one another at a table.
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Dec 12, 2008 · When the Gallery’s UK-based Felton adviser Sir Sydney Cockerell (then director of the Fitzwilliam Museum) recommended two Degas paintings for purchase from the Parisian dealer Paul Rosenberg in March 1937, it was the less expensive work, Portrait of a woman, offered for £2275, that the NGV director and the Felton trustees preferred over a ...
