The Millinery Shop by Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas · 1879
Why it's great
A woman at a table in a hat shop tries a hat on a stand, with a tray of colorful hats in front. Degas shows a typical shop with unusual angles. The pale tones are soft and quiet. It's a modern view of work.
Where to see it
📍 Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, United States
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Edgar Degas was born in Paris to a well-to-do family and lived there almost all his life. He's linked to the Impressionists, but preferred to work indoors, painting ballet dancers, racehorses, and women at their daily routines. He loved to catch unusual angles, as if a camera had snapped the scene. In old age his eyesight failed and he turned to sculpture.
