Edgar Degas – Founder of the Impressionism movement and unique spirit of the 19th century

Edgar Degas wars born 1834 in Paris. As an Impressionist artist he was quite famous for his oil paintings and pastel drawings but also for his work in figure creation and printmaking. He is considered to be one of the founders of the Impressionism movement even though he dismissed the term itself and preferred to be called a realist. More than half of his works depict dancers but he also painted bathing woman, racehorses and racing jockeys, as well as portraits. Degas aspired to become a history painter in his early career but he changed the course in his mid-thirties and turned more into an old-style painter of modern life.

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Some of his most famous paintings are "The Millinery Shop" (1884-1890), "A Cotton Office in New Orleans" (1873), "The Star" (1878), "Place de la Concorde" (1875), "After the bath, woman drying herself" (1895), "Ballet Rehearsal on Stage" (1874), "Interior" (1869), "The Bellelli Family" (1867), "The Dance Class" (1871-1874), "The Green Dancer" (1879), "Two Dancers in Yellow and Pink" (1910), "Self Portrait" (1885), "The Tub" (1886), "A Woman Ironing" (1884), "Portrait of Mary Cassatt" (1884), "Blue Dancers" (1899), "Two Dancers on Stage" (1877), "The Dancing Class" (1874), "The Dance Foyer at the Opera on the rue Le Peletier" (1872), "Woman combing her hair" (1885), "Orchestra Musicians" (1872) and "The Absinthe Drinker" (1876).

Directed by David Thompson and Ann Turner
Original title: Egdar Degas - The Unquiet Spirit
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