Edgar Degas is regarded, above all, as a painter of the human figure and of city life, and yet both his early notebooks and the practice of his later years attest to his consistent interest in landscape painting. In tracing Degas's response to landscape, including, most notably, his visits to the small resort of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, in Picardy, and in closely analysing his painterly practice, this book reassesses the importance of landscape painting to his career. By revealing Degas's little-known love of this genre, it challenges our assumptions about one of the giants of Impressionist art.
- ISBN10 1858943434
- ISBN13 9781858943435
- Publish Date 26 June 2006
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 September 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Merrell Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English