Edgar Degas Drawings And Pastels

Through an examination of the artist's drawings and pastels, which exist in great number and variety, this book examines the development of Degas's (1834-1917) style and outlines the story of his life in the contexts of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

Following a broadly chronological approach, it discusses the wide range of Degas's work: the images of ballet dancers (which form over half of the artist's oeuvre), jockeys, laundresses, milliners and female nudes, as well as the less well-known landscape drawings.