PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Jockey in Blue on a Chestnut Horse
c. 1889 Oil on Panel
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, US
"It is the movement of people and things that captures my attention."
Edgar Degas
Two Dancers on a Stage
1877 Oil on Canvas
The Cortland Gallery,
London, UK
"People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself."
Edgar Degas
Ironers
1884 Oil on Canvas
Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
The Dance Examination
1880 Pastel on Paper
Denver Art Museum, US
"Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?"
Edgar Degas