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An 1857 oil on canvas, Portrait of René-Hillaire De Gas, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas first made a name for himself as a portrait painter. Here he captures his grandfather, a prominent Neapolitan entrepreneur...

An 1889 pastel on paper, In Front of the Mirror, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This work covers several themes that interested the artist towards the end of his career: women at their toilette, women putting...

A c. 1882 pastel on paper, Waiting, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The artist was keen to show the hard life of rehearsals that ballet dancers had to go through and the aches and pains this caused. Another feature...

An 1879 oil on canvas painting, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This circus was close to the artist's apartment in Paris and Miss La La's acrobatics – suspending herself from...

A c. 1874-77 oil on canvas painting, Dancer in Front of a Window (aka Dancer at the Photographer's Studio), by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The photographer's presence in the scene is indicated only by one leg...

An 1869 oil on canvas painting, A Carriage at the Races, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The scene is typical of Degas' style where the subject is markedly off-centre and with parts even out of the frame. The...

An 1865 oil on canvas painting, Woman with Chrysanthemums, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Despite the title, the flowers are dahlias, asters, and gaillardias. Degas rarely painted still life, and here he combines...

A c. 1869-72 oil on card painting, Woman with Binoculars, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas had a fixation for a time in presenting a woman looking directly at the viewer with binoculars, sometimes as a background...

A c. 1869 pastel work, Houses Beside the Sea, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Less-known for his landscapes, Degas often uses them almost as an exercise in presenting a harmony of tonal colours. Other features...

A c. 1880-84 oil on canvas painting, Portrait of Mary Cassatt, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), also an impressionist, was good friends with Degas, although she thought this work unflattering...