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Musée d’Orsay and Edgar Degas on a Summer Day in Paris

Musée d’Orsay Edgar Degas

One my second trip to the Musée d’Orsay I soaked in the works of Edgar Degas. Degas was a highly celebrated 19th century French Impressionist. “By 1868, Degas had become a prominent member of a group of avant-garde artists including Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley, who gathered frequently at the Café Guerbois to discuss ways in which artists could engage the modern world” [click to read more].

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Degas’ La classe de danse / The Ballet Class (1871–1874)

Edgar Degas La classe de danse. Photo by Suzy Dias

Degas’ Le Foyer de la danse/ The Dance Foyer at the Opera (1872)

Degas Le Foyer de la danse. Photo by Suzy Dias

Degas’ La Petite Danseuse / Little Dancer of Fourteen Years (1879–1881)

Degas La Petite Danseuse. Photos by Suzy Dias

Degas Petite Danseuse. Photos by Suzy Dias

Degas Petite Danseuse. Photos by Suzy Dias

There’s More!

See all of my posts from the Musée d’Orsay which include iconic works of art from impressionist and post-impressionist masters like Renior, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Millet, and more.