Drawn in Colour: Degas at the Burrell Collection (National Gallery London Publications) - Hardcover

Hamilton, Vivien; Domercq, Julien; Stratis, Harriet; Herring, Sarah; Riopelle, Christopher

 
9781857096255: Drawn in Colour: Degas at the Burrell Collection (National Gallery London Publications)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1857096258 ISBN 13: 9781857096255
Publisher: Yale University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow houses more than twenty paintings, pastels, and drawings by Edgar Degas (1834–1917) that include his most recognisable motifs: ballet dancers, bathers, jockeys, and women at work. Together with a selection of the National Gallery’s oils and pastels, they represent every stage of Degas’s career. The authors show how the immediacy of these works is enhanced by the artist’s energetic technique. These are not so much spontaneous sketches as daring experiments in form and color. Essays explore Degas’s innovative use of pastels; his career and the ongoing critical assessment of his art; and the life and milieu of his contemporary Sir William Burrell, the wealthy Scottish shipping magnate and philanthropist, for whom forming this impressive collection of Degas’s works was an unusual foray into contemporary art.

Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press


Exhibition Schedule:

National Gallery, London
(09/20/17–April 2018)

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About the Author

Vivien Hamilton is research manager, art, at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow.

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Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1857096258
ISBN 13 
9781857096255
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
112