Musée d'Orsay

Edgar Degas was a French artist whose works include paintings, sculptures, and drawings. He was born on July 19, 1834, in Paris, France. His parents, Célestine Musson and Auguste De Gas, had a total of five children and Edgar was the oldest. The family was affluent and Edgar was expected to attend Law School to become a lawyer, but instead wanted to become an artist. He graduated high school with a literature degree in 1853, but studied drawing at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, two years later. Throughout his life, Degas had met and became acquainted with fellow artists like Édouard Manet, for example, who he had met at the Louvre one day. Although he appreciated Manet and his work, as Degas aged he began to isolate himself. He thought that artists’ should not have personal lives. Degas spent his last years in solitude, and was never married nor did he have any children of his own. Edgar Degas died blind and alone on September 27, 1917. Edgar Degas was a talented and unique artist during his time. Other French artists, like Monet and Renoir, had set the “impressionistic tone” that had influenced art in the 1800s. Degas, on the other hand, strayed a bit from impressionism although he had many good impressionistic works. He had been somewhat influenced by the realism movement as well, and captured moments as true to form as possible. Such examples include his many artworks of dancers or just French people doing everyday tasks. Degas also had a different was of creating his…

what his sin brought to mankind. While the interpretations vary depending on who is making it, The Thinker, from its various evolutions, is no longer Dante, Adam or Rodin himself. It has become the symbol of creators and poets anywhere in the world. It is a pity that the museum where the Gates of Hell was to be used was never built. Nevertheless, the original masterpiece gave the world several individual sculptures that also became famous, including The Kiss, Ugolino and his Children, The Three…

Olympia, is an oil on canvas, approximately 130.5 cm × 190 cm (51.4 in × 74.8 in) painted by Edouard Manet, first exhibited at the 1865 Paris Salon, current location Musée d 'Orsay in Paris, France. Edouard Manet was the first ever French artist in the nineteenth century to paint modern life, and provocative figures from realism to impressionism. Manet was born on January 23, 1832 in Paris, France and died on April 30, 1883, Paris, France. Manet had created four-hundred and thirty oil paintings,…

School is dismissing soon, which means summer is almost here. I would enjoy going on a vacation and visiting a city on my bucket list. Given three thousand dollars and a week to travel, I have planned two potential vacations that are alike and different in many ways. While both cities are influenced by art, one trip is historic, and the other one is modern. As a young artist, I have always been inspired by paintings and architecture. These two cities offer many fun attractions, delicious…

While art in general or attending art museums doesn’t really interest me, especially having to attend on my much needed day of rest from work and school. For my creative personal response paper, I chose to attend the Dallas Museum of Art this past Sunday. I came across numerous works of art. From paintings to sculptures, and drawings. Most of everything I came across in my opinion, were meaningless. Mostly because I could not decipher what the artist is portraying or the message behind it, while…

There are many notable painters who incorporated cubism style into their work. I found two pieces in the Musee d’Orsay that reflected cubism. They are called Still Life with Onions and Woman with a Coffeepot. Both pieces were by Paul Cezanne. Before taking this class, I only knew of a few artists who painted using cubism style. Pablo Picasso is the most notable artist in the genre that I know. When I came across the two pieces by Paul Cezanne, I was a bit confused because his paintings did not…

Italian art at the time of the Renaissance The 17th century was the period when French painting became prominent and individualised itself through classicism. Louis 14th’s prime minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert founded in 1648 the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture to protect these artists, and in 1666 he created the still-active French Academy in Rome to have direct relations with Italian artists. French artists developed the rococo style in the 18th century, as a more intimate imitation of…

a scene and painted en plein air. Their style did not always rely on the realistic depictions and details like that of artists prior them. Manet and Monet, like other impressionists, were concerned with the passage of time and the changes of the atmosphere and weather. The two artists influenced artists of their time and future artists. Their bold, new approach challenged the status quo and was not accepted upon its first arrival. Critics were not prepared for the modern painting styles of…

The girl in the purple dress has her sleeves partially rolled up and is fiddling with some sort of grass, seemingly weaving it. There is quite a distinctive texture about this piece. The artist’s brush strokes are visible throughout the whole painting, especially on the left woman’s arm and in the background. This gives the painting an added dimension, it makes all the details seem to stand out more. Some more details that really stand are the sheen in the women's’ hair and the bows tying their…

painted The Church at Auvers in 1890. Around that time, Vincent suffered from mental illness and some emotional difficulties. Just like his title, Van Gogh's subject is the Church at Auvers. Not only is the church the focal point of the painting, but a woman on the far bottom left walking towards the church looks as if she is somewhat important too. The Church of Auvers painting does not only represent a church and a safe haven to reside, but also captures Van Gogh interpretation of how much he…