Degas was a celebrity in Britain in his lifetime, thanks originally to George Moore's pioneering essay, The Painter of Modern Life. When Degas died Moore reprised the essay with some further recollections, in part as a riposte to the memoir published by Degas's great admirer and follower, Walter Sickert. Sickert's essay, sparkling, engaged, witty and occasionally combative, is amongst the best of his writings. Together these memoirs represent some of the most vivid responses to Impressionism in English - as well as painting an intimate picture of arguably the most important and most influential - and the most humane - of the painters of the later 19th century. Hitherto difficult to find, these essays are reprinted here with an introduction by Anna Gruetzner Robins and are illustrated with 30 pages of colour plates covering the span of Degas's dazzling career.
- ISBN10 1843681749
- ISBN13 9781843681748
- Publish Date 1 June 2019 (first published 23 April 2019)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Pallas Athene Publishers
- Edition 2nd Enlarged edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 112
- Language English