Edgar Degas
MOMA Gallery Lecturer to Speak on Edgar Degas April 12 at Darien Library
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Get a sneak preview of the latest hit exhibit from the Museum of Modern Art: Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty on Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m.
The exhibition shows Degas at his most modern, capturing the spirit of urban life; depicting the body in new and daring ways; liberating mark-making from tradition; and boldly engaging the possibilities of abstraction. Edgar Degas is best known as a painter and chronicler of the ballet, yet his work as a printmaker reveals the true extent of his restless experimentation. In the mid-1870s, Degas was introduced to the monotype process—drawing in ink on a metal plate that was then run through a press, typically resulting in a single print. __________
Illustration: “Edgar Degas. Heads of a Man and a Woman (Homme et femme, en buste).