Degas is considered one of the main representatives of impressionism, although in reality he has always had its own independent style. Its unlike most of the Impressionists did not attract the scenery. The most important place in art Edgar Degas is the so-called 'ballet' cycle. The greatest passion of the artist's life was a picture of the dancers – he painted them during forty years of his career. Degas was the first who completely new way depicted representatives of this art form. He sought to capture not 'showy performance, but what precedes it and which is associated with it – teaching, toilet and rest Ballerina' ('Two Dancers' 1899, 'Dancers, climbing the ladder' 1890, 'Tired Dancer "1883," Ballet Class "1881," The end of rehearsal,' 1874, 'Before the ballet,' 1888). The peak is not only the 'ballet' topic, but all art is a painting by Edgar Degas' Blue Dancers "(1897), relating to later works artist. This painting was written by a pastel, which the master was very fond of, since the work of its line and color are in one piece.
Here iridescent shimmer very pure tones transmitted in the movement of dancers from different angles cause the melody of the dance. Degas was the first of the artists displaying art in the 'identity movements of people depending on their profession. " He wrote not only dancers, dancers, acrobats, and laundresses, gladilschits, milliners. In the 1880s. Degas often depicts nude women – washable wipes Her Hair ('Bath' 1886, 'Woman Combing Her Hair', 1886, 'wiped off with a woman', 1885, 'Bather, stretched on the floor,' 1888, 'After the Bath', 1890). Degas, adhering very conservative in his personal life as an artist fascinated by and attracted to the beauty of the female body. But he portrayed nude women very differently than its predecessors.
'Until now, – said Degas – nudity depicted in such positions, which suggests the presence of witnesses. My usual, women are busy taking care of his body. Here is one: she washes his feet. It's like podsmotreno the keyhole. " A series of works the artist dedicated and inhabitant of the brothels. A series of monotypes, known as 'The scenes in private homes', consisting of fifty pages, and found after his death, his family was shocked and baffled admirers of the painter. Perhaps Manet statement that Degas is not able to love a woman, are not unfounded. Suzanne Valadon, repeatedly posing artist, when asked whether she was his mistress, replied: ' Never! He was too afraid! Never man did to me so many compliments on my skin, my hair, my muscles acrobats. His admiration was purely spiritual … ' Throughout his life, Edgar Degas, and remained alone: he had never been married or had children.
