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La Famille Cardinal LE Etching Framed Edgar Degas

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La Famille Cardinal LE Etching Framed Edgar Degas
Artist: Edgar DegasTitle: from La Famille Cardinal, First EditionMedium: Etching on Rag paper with watermarkEdition: Out of 350Published: Ludovic Halevy Academy of FranceArt piece displayed: Auguste Blaizot Library - Paris, FranceYear: 1938Frame size: 17 1/2" x 20"Certificate of Authenticity: IncludedCondition: ExcellentBiographyDuring his life, public reception of Degas' work ranged from admiration to contempt. Degas soon joined forces with the Impressionists, however, and rejected the rigid rules, judgements, and elitism of the Salon-just as the Salon and general public initially rejected the experimentalism of the Impressionists.<o:p></o:p>Degas's work was controversial, but was generally admired for its draftsmanship. The suite of nudes Degas exhibited in the eighth Impressionist Exhibition in 1886 produced "the most concentrated body of critical writing on the artist during his lifetime. ... The overall reaction was positive and laudatory." Recognized as an important artist by the end of his life, Degas is now considered "one of the founders of impressionism". Though his work crossed many stylistic boundaries, his involvement with the other major figures of Impressionism and their exhibitions, his dynamic paintings and sketches of everyday life and activities, and his bold color experiments, served to finally tie him to the Impressionist movement as one of its greatest early artists.His paintings, pastels, drawings, and sculpture-most of the latter were not intended for exhibition, and were discovered only after his death-are on prominent display in many museums.<o:p></o:p>Although Degas had no formal pupils, he greatly influenced several important painters, most notably Jean-Louis Forain, Mary Cassatt, and Walter Sickert; his greatest admirer may have been Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. (From wikipedia)<o:p></o:p>