Edgar Degas: Portrait of Count Lepic and his daughters ()
Edgar Degas, born de Gas
Edgar Degas, born Edgar Germain Hilaire de Gas, was born in Paris on July 19, , the first of five children of a Neapolitan. Degas died in Paris on September 27, He is considered one of the founders of Impressionism alongside Claude Monet and Édouard Manet, although Degas personally preferred the term realism. His pastel painting is rated as exceptional. Degas also created graphic works, photographs and sculptures.
Edgar Degas biography
Degas grew up in middle-class relationships. Father Auguste de Gas managed the Paris branch of the family-owned bank in Naples. According to his will, Edgar should become a lawyer. After completing his studies, Degas devoted himself to art. Although the father did not like it, he supported his eldest son in his artistic career. In , Degas became a student of Louis Lamothe. Two years later he briefly attended the École des Beaux-Arts, but dropped out of training again. Degas preferred to learn the techniques of drawing and painting self-taught.
In , Degas went on a compulsory educational trip to Italy as part of his “Grand Tour”. He draws hundr
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Comme beaucoup de gens un peu oubliés, il a un nom de rue. La rue Lepic de Montmartre se voit cependant dédiée à son grand-père, le général, qui s'était distingué en à la bataille d'Eylau. Comme son second prénom l'indique, Ludovic Napoléon Lepic appartient à une famille bonapartiste de choc. Eloignée du pouvoir lors de sa naissance en , elle s'est singulièrement rapprochée de celui-ci avec l'avènement au trône de Napoléon III en Le père de de notre sujet du jour devient alors surintendant des palais nationaux. Un poste qui permet au comte Lepic de loger les siens au Louvre. Il faut dire que ces derniers restent peu nombreux. Un seul fils.
Cette jeunesse dorée permet quelques fantaisies. Le jeune homme commence par refuser la carrière militaire qu'on lui destine. Il préfère la peinture. Le surintendant lui passe ce caprice. Ludovic Napoléon entre d'abord dansCount Lepic and His Daughters, by Edgar Degas
The gentleman in this picture, Vicomte Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic (), was a member of a Napoleonic aristocratic family and dedicated dabbler in many pursuits. Though art was one of them, he and Degas initially met through social, not artistic circles. (Degas, too, was "well-connected," as they say.) The Vicomte ended up starring in at least four canvases by his friend, and was persuaded by the same to exhibit in the first two Impressionist Salons. History has, alas, proved Lepic a better subject than painter.
Degas has here turned out a thoroughly Impressionistic canvas. It was clearly executed very quickly - the oils nearly resemble watercolors (including some muddy areas), the Vicomte's face has a hasty feel and the whole thing looks more a sketch than a finished composition.
Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic
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Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic (17 December – 27 October ) was a French artist, archaeologist and patron of the arts. He was styled as Vicomte Lepic until his father's death in , when he succeeded to the title of Comte Lepic. He is best remembered today as a friend of Edgar Degas, who included him in some eleven paintings and pastels. He was among the original Impressionist group and later became a recognised marine painter.
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