Edgar Degas Paintings

The life

Edgar Degas' personal wealth gave him the freedom to devote himself entirely to art. He shunned formal training, preferring to study the Renaissance masters at first hand on frequent trips to Italy, and he brought that classical draughtsmanship to utterly modern subjects — racecourses, laundresses, café singers and, above all, the ballet.

Degas haunted the rehearsal rooms of the Paris Opéra with a sketchbook, catching dancers stretching, yawning and floating mid-step, then composing his pictures with daring croppings borrowed from photography and Japanese prints. Though he exhibited alongside the Impressionists, he called himself a realist — and he worked on in Paris, turning to pastel and sculpture as his eyesight failed, until his death there in 1917.

Our reproductions

Every Degas reproduction at Direct Art Australia is 100% hand-painted in oils on artist canvas by professional artists — never a print. His pastel-soft glow and precise draughtsmanship are rebuilt in careful layers of oil. You approve photographs of your painting before it ships, and delivery is free Australia-wide.

Can’t find the Degas work you’re after? We can hand-paint any of his works on request — just ask for a quote.