Edgar DegasFrankrijk, 1834–1917De absintdrinkster
L'Absinthe
Mag men het zien?
Onbekend: het museum bewaart het stilzwijgen
Musée d'Orsay
Parijs, Frankrijk
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About the painting
De absintdrinkster (Frans: L'Absinthe) is een impressionistisch schilderij van de Franse schilder Edgar Degas. Het werk is uit 1876 en hangt in het Musée d'Orsay in Parijs.
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RF 1984
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Wikidata · opgehaald 6 dagen geleden
- Afbeelding: Musée d'Orsay — Edgar Degas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Intussen, in het leven van Edgar Degas
Het hele levenearly 1870s
Meets Durand-Ruel
Degas met the dealer Durand-Ruel, later the most prominent of the trusted dealers with whom he planned his strategy at auctions.
1870s
From “de Gas” back to plain “Degas”
The archives disproved the legend of an ancient noble line: the artist's paternal ancestors were bakers, and the name “de Gas” was invented by his father, who commissioned a false genealogy. In the 1870s Edgar returned to the plain spelling, Degas.
oktober 1872 – maart 1873 · Woonplaats
New Orleans
1873–1874
His brother's debts: he sells his house and collection
After his father's death Degas learned that his brother René had run up enormous business debts. To save the family's reputation he sold his house and an inherited art collection and for the first time in his life depended on sales of his own work.
1874
The first Impressionist exhibition
Disenchanted with the Salon, Degas joined a group of young artists organizing an independent exhibiting society. He took a leading role in organizing the eight shows of 1874–1886 and exhibited in all but one, despite constant conflicts with the group.
1877
Friendship with Mary Cassatt
Degas invited Mary Cassatt to show in the third Impressionist exhibition, having admired her portrait “Ida” at the Salon of 1874. He introduced her to pastel and engraving, while she helped him sell paintings and promoted his reputation in the United States.
