The influence of Edgar Degas of fashion becomes clear when works from the National Gallery’s “Degas at the Opéra” exhibition are placed next to runway looks.
c. 1895–1900. Oil on canvas; overall: 180.3 x 152.4 cm . Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in memory of Della Viola Forker Chrysler, 1971, 71.507Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigital.tv
Degas is a supremely fashion-friendly artist. Dancers were his favorite subject and he rendered their voluminous layers of tulle and their bow-tied sashes in a soft, dreamy palette that speaks to fashion romantics. The appeal—and importance—of Degas’s work extends beyond these aspects, however. There’s his explorations of various media, for one; yet what’s transmitted in painting, pastel, wax, or print is the artist’s all-encompassing passion for his subject.
1878. Pastel on wove paper mounted on canvas; overall: 72 x 77.5 cm . Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Bequest of Isaac de Camondo, 1911, RF 4039Christian Dior, fall 20023 couturec. 1880. Pastel on light tan paper mounted on board; sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 in. . National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection Photo: Marcio Madeirac. 1879. Pastel, black chalk and ink wash on paper; overall: 36 x 65 cm .
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