Degas and Artificial Light

Degas and Artificial Light

Six paintings. One concept

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Degas did not wish to be labelled as Impressionist —even when he showed almost all the characteristics of the group— and really he had neither the spirit nor the obsessions of the other artists of the movement.

Degas did not like painting outdoors or landscapes. His world was indoors, closed spaces, artificial light and the atmospheres it creates.
The artist, controversially, said that natural light was “too easy.”

Recommended links:

“Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult: the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.”

Degas and the Dancers.

Techniques: The Pastel.

Characteristic Elements of Impressionist Painting.

Timeline: artistic movements from Neoclassicism till the end of the 19th century.

Stories behind the Works of Art: Monet and the Rouen Cathedral.

Fundamental Paintings to Understand the History of Painting: Impression, Sunrise, Claude Monet.

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