Edgar Degas

French | 1834 - 1917

Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1834. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne. Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. have featured Edgar Degas's work in the past.Edgar Degas's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 41,610,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 41,610,000 USD for Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, sold at Christie's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 168,103 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 82,219 USD.Edgar Degas has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for VernissageTV in March 2025. The artist died in 1917.

Artist's alternative names: Edgar Degas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

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1938 EDGAR DEGAS Etching Ludovic Halevy with Dancers Framed LIMITED

By Edgar Degas

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1938 EDGAR DEGAS Etching Ludovic Halevy & Madame Cardinal Framed LIMITED

By Edgar Degas

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Notable Lots

PETITE DANSEUSE DE QUATORZE ANS - Edgar Degas

PETITE DANSEUSE DE QUATORZE ANS ,1879

By Edgar Degas

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Dans les coulisses

By Edgar Degas

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Danseuses à la barre ,1880

By Edgar Degas

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Mary Cassatt at the Louvre

By Edgar Degas

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Lot ,1880

By Edgar Degas

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Femmes au lavoir ,1857

By Edgar Degas

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Portrait-Charge de Degas ,1918

By Edgar Degas

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1892 Edgar Degas Etching Ballet of Don Juan

By Edgar Degas

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Edgar DEGAS LIMITED 1938 Etching Mr. Cardinal's Questions Gallery Framed

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Current Exhibitions

Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain | Connecticut | USA

Jan 24,2025 - May 18,2025

Masterpieces of the Pola Museum of Art

Pola Museum of Art

Kanagawa | Japan

Dec 14,2024 - May 18,2025

New Paris: from Monet to Morisot

Kunstmuseum Den Haag

The Hague | Netherlands

Feb 15,2025 - Jun 09,2025

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Articles

Observer 17/04/2025

The Museu de Arte de S茫o Paulo's recently unveiled expansion doubles the museum's exhibition space, making room for plural narratives and alternative art histories.

ARTnews 16/04/2025

Sotheby鈥檚 is selling several works from the estate of late Swiss collectors Rolf and Margit Weinberg in New York this spring.

FAD Magazine 15/04/2025

This May, Sotheby鈥檚 Modern sales in New York will offer a landmark group of works from the esteemed collection of Rolf and Margit Weinberg.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Degas (1834-1917) depicts the famous ballerina in a rehearsal break for an elaborate production with exotic costumes and sets that also included onstage bodies of water and live horses... 鈥�
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

鈥� ..Above all, Degas depicts women waiting off-stage and at their toilette... 鈥�
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Hamburger Kunsthalle

鈥� ..Degas鈥� detached view instead captures the distinctive expression of the poses... 鈥�
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Hamburger Kunsthalle

鈥� ..Degas worked in various artistic media: oils and pastels, etchings and photography, painting on monotype plates and sculptures in wax, as well as writing poetry... 鈥�
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Tel Aviv Museum of Art