Degas and the Nude

The first museum exhibition devoted exclusively to the extraordinary range of nudes by Edgar Degas -tracing their evolution from the artist's early years, through the private and public images of brothels and bathers in the 1870s and 1880s, to the post-Impressionist nudes of the end of his career- is presented by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, after its exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA).

Degas and the Nude, on view through February 5, 2012, at the MFA, offers a groundbreaking examination of Degas's concept of the human body during the course of 50 years by showing his work within the broader context of his forebears, contemporaries, and followers in 19th-century France, among them Ingres, Delacroix, Cassatt, Caillebotte, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, and Picasso.

Assembled from the collections of more than 50 lenders from around the world are approximately 165 works -145 by Degas- including paintings, pastels, drawings, monotypes, etchings, lithographs, and sculpture. Degas and the Nude will be shown at the Musée d’Orsay from March 12, 2012.

Date: until February 5.
Place: Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA). Boston Avenue of the Arts, 465, Huntington Avenue. Boston. USA.
Hours: Monday and Tuesday from 10am to 4.45pm. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10am to 9.45pm. Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4.45pm.

See some of Degas' works in the following slideshow: