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Degas Artists in Focus
hard cover with dust jacket, artists in focus series.
- GenresArt
640 pages, Paperback
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Jean Sutherland Boggs
28 booksJean Sutherland Boggs (6 November 1922 - 22 August 2014) was an art historian, Degas scholar, and director of the National Gallery of Canada, from 1966 to 1976.
A graduate of the University of Toronto & Harvard, she was also the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1978 to 1982. After leaving Philadelphia, she returned to Canada to head the Canada Museums Construction Corp., which oversaw design and construction of a new National Gallery building and what became the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
A graduate of the University of Toronto & Harvard, she was also the director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1978 to 1982. After leaving Philadelphia, she returned to Canada to head the Canada Museums Construction Corp., which oversaw design and construction of a new National Gallery building and what became the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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October 9, 2025
an overall great analysis of art and its creator, Degas. From family portraits to jockeys on horses to ballet dancers to nude bathers; Degas shows a vibrant yet subtle style with different mediums but mainly charcoal and pastel.
Some of his works shown that I enjoyed:
Young Spartans, 1860
Four Studies of a Jockey, 1866/68
Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874/76
Retiring, 1883
The Morning Bath, 1890/96
Some of his works shown that I enjoyed:
Young Spartans, 1860
Four Studies of a Jockey, 1866/68
Yellow Dancers (In the Wings), 1874/76
Retiring, 1883
The Morning Bath, 1890/96
Displaying 1 of 1 review