In Front of the Mirror by Degas

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Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Hamburger Kunsthalle
published on 29 March 2022
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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 on hats, the use of a mirror in the scene to distort the space, a distinctive cropping of the scene, and having the viewer seemingly very close to the subject. (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany)

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Kunsthalle, H. (2022, March 29). In Front of the Mirror by Degas. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15575/in-front-of-the-mirror-by-degas/

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Kunsthalle, Hamburger. "In Front of the Mirror by Degas." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 29, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15575/in-front-of-the-mirror-by-degas/.

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Kunsthalle, Hamburger. "In Front of the Mirror by Degas." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 29 Mar 2022. Web. 14 Dec 2024.

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