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 July 1, 2012 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.
Date: until July 1.
Location: Musée d'Orsay. 62, rue de Lille. 75343 Paris Cedex 07, France.
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9.30am to 6pm. Thursdays from 9.30am to 9.45 pm
See some of Degas' works in the following slideshow:
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