If you want
to see the original of this painting, it is in the wonderful Musee d'Orsay in
Paris. It was done in the middle of the
19th century.
Degas may
be more famous for paintings of dancers and racehorses but this family portrait
spoke to me.
The mother in
the painting is the artist's aunt. The family is not sitting in a nice smiling
row but seem to portray the sort of difficult family dynamics that can occur in
any family. You feel that life is not
full of fun and games for this family at this time.
Despite
this looking like a fleeting moment, in fact Degas was anything but slap
dash. He said 'No art was ever less spontaneous
than mine'
I love this artwork by Degas. I always thought he was a genius artist as the very best of them!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had money to buy one of my favorites, but I do collect from the best oil paintings I can find from the artists here.
Thanks for sharing.
FABBY