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Description: Mme Olivier Villette in Degas's Studio, rue Blanche

TitleMme Olivier Villette in Degas's Studio, rue Blanche

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1872

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

DimensionsUnknown

LocationHarvard Art Museums

http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/231909

Accession number1925.7

SubjectsWomen--PortraitsImpressionism (Art)--FranceArtists' studios in artWindows in art

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Degas at Harvard

Marjorie Benedict Cohn

Degas at Harvard

In his memoirs, Paul Joseph Sachs, Harvard Class of 1900, professor of fine arts, and associate director of the Fogg Art Museum, wrote: “Indeed, I have given proof of my faith by collecting twenty-nine works by Degas, for I am convinced that he was one of the greatest nineteenth-century French artists ...

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Marjorie Benedict Cohn

PublisherHarvard Art Museums

Related print edition pages: pp.13-75

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00035.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16810&redirecttoanchor=23714

Chapter subject tags:Harvard University--MuseumsArt--Collectors and collectingHarvard University--Alumni and alumnaeArt, French--19th centuryArt, French--19th century--Exhibitions

Chapter Eight: Making Light Modern

Anthea Callen

The Art of Impressionism: Painting Technique and the Making of Modernity

There is a dynamic relationship between depicted light – the light effects represented in Impressionist paintings – and the inherent luminosity of the materials and methods of handling used by the painters. Understanding this relationship is crucial in evaluating the modernity and meanings of Impressionist painting. The physical properties of their chosen materials facilitated...

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Anthea Callen

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.111-135

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00125.011

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16647&redirecttoanchor=23714

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--FrancePlein air paintingPainting--Technique--France--History--19th centuryArtists' materials--France--19th centuryManet, Édouard, 1832-1883Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917Lighting--History--19th centuryCrystal Palace (Great Exhibition, 1851, London, England)Pissarro, Camille, 1830-1903Monet, Claude, 1840-1926Landscape painting, French--19th century

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