Edward Degas, one of the most world-renowned artists, was born in
1834 in Paris. He is often identified as an Impressionist painter. But in this
show, from his experiments in monotype prints, we can know him from a different
way.
This exhibition consists of nearly 120 monotype prints and more than
60 pieces of other works made by Degas. It’s about one third of his entire
monotype works made between 1980 and 1900s. The installation mainly follows
chronologically from Edward Degas’s early experiments to his famous mature
works. We find he printed the same work in different versions to experiment with
different effects. There is a whole room of Degas landscapes made with the
monotype technique. That was my favorite part of this show. Because in those
works, you can see Degas had already stepped into the field of abstraction. I
can tell why they are masterpieces, because every time you look into them, you
would not only admire their excellent works under the context of their own but
also be surprised by its new artistic vitality today.
“A Strange New Beauty”, this title is very appropriate for the show.
It’s not only conveying Edward Degas’s genius, his extraordinary creation of
beauty, but also telling us his unremitting efforts on the new fields of art
languages and forms.
You depict the retrospective appropriately, it is clear that what kind of work are included into the show. Maybe you can talk about few specific work according to your personal favor? Or even provide some example to demonstrate the romanticism, the realism and the abstractionism. I am not sure about "I can tell why they are masterpieces, because every time you look into them, you would be surprised.", this part seems too general and unclear. How is his landscape differ from other artists? You can pick some work and talk about the content.
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