Edgar Degas-A Color Painter Using Lines.

A color painter who uses lines.

Edgar Degas is an impressionist painter who combines traditional accurate sketch with impressionist color style.

Known as "classical impressionism". Degas himself said that he was a "color painter with lines".

Compared with the trembling and blurred outdoor scenery of impressionist painters, his paintings recorded the prosperity and agitation unique to his time calmly, rationally and faithfully.

Degas faithfully recorded an imperfect but real world with a brush, and at the same time left us more space to judge what we saw with our own emotional scale.

Edgar Degas (1834 19 17), a French painter and sculptor, was born in Paris, France. His original name was Edgar Hilaire Degas. He is one of the greatest masters of painting in history, and also a related figure between classical art and modernist art. He is proficient in painting, sketching, sculpture and photography.

? Degas's innovative composition, meticulous description and thorough expression of movement made him one of the masters of modern art in the late19th century. His most famous painting themes include ballerinas and other women, as well as horse racing. He is usually regarded as impressionist, but some of his works are more classical, realistic or romantic.

There are no two identical trees in the world, and no two identical leaves can be found on one tree. Impressionist painters come from different backgrounds, have different personalities and have different artistic opinions. It is precisely because they share the same fate that they become an inseparable whole in the eyes of the world. Degas is not an impressionist painter in the strict sense, but he has long been regarded as an influential main figure in impressionism, which may be attributed to their rebellion against academic values and the distinct modernity reflected in their works, although this modernity is manifested in different ways.

Degas often went to the Louvre to copy the master's paintings when he was young. He always thinks that copying is an important lesson in painting. Many years later, he also seriously stressed the need to copy the master's paintings again, warning that only by mastering the skills of copying can he sketch. So, in the first year of 186 1, Degas met Manet in front of the painting by the Spanish artist velazquez at the Louvre, and then Manet introduced him to his impressionist colleagues. As a result, Degas has also become a frequent visitor to Galbo's Cafe.

This accidental encounter is really too ordinary and insignificant, just like a breeze blowing in the forest, which blows off two leaves on two trees together; However, it may also be a historical opportunity that will change the course of some meaningful things. Degas was born in 1834, two years younger than MANET. Like MANET, Degas was born in a wealthy family. His grandfather and father were both bankers, and his grandfather was a cotton merchant who immigrated from France to New Orleans. Like children from wealthy families, Degas first studied law. But he is not interested in it at all. His best subjects at school are history and Latin, and he is also very fond of sketch art. His father is a man who loves art more than business management. Seeing that his son likes painting and has no worries about food and clothing, let him go to art school and become a painter.

? At the age of 20, Degas entered Louis lamotte's studio to study painting. Even though he was admitted to the art school in the second year, he still didn't leave here. Lamotte's teacher is Angel, a master of neoclassical painting. He naturally instilled Anger's idea of emphasizing the importance of lines in painting into his students. The following year, Degas met Angel by chance. Yes 1855, the World Expo was held in Paris. The art salon of the Expo specially opened an exhibition hall for the 75-year-old painting master Angel, displaying dozens of paintings reflecting his half-century creative career. Angel really wanted to send an important painting "The Girl in the Bath" that he painted when he was young to the exhibition (this painting was later called "The Girl in the Bath of Valpinsson" in the name of collectors), but Mr. Valpinsson, who collected this painting at that time, refused to lend it out anyway.

? Degas's father and Valpinsson are friends. After knowing this, Degas really wanted to help the master he admired fulfill his wish. He took the initiative to find Valpinsson, and the collector was persuaded by sincere young people. After learning that Degas was a painting student, Angel was very happy to exchange artistic experience with him, and repeatedly stressed the importance of sketch in painting: "Draw sketches, young friend, draw more sketches; Whether it is based on memory or sketch, as long as you do this, you will become an excellent painter. " The elder also gave degas a very famous suggestion-pay attention to the lines.

Horse racing was a fashion in Paris in the middle of 19 century, and people in the upper class were very keen on it. Manet and Degas are members of the Horse Racing Brotherhood, and they will go to the newly-opened Ren Shang Racecourse whenever they get a chance. Degas's works include many oil paintings, pastel strokes and sketches with the theme of horse racing. He painted the elegance and manners of horses, the chic and heroic attitude of riders, and the dependence of people and horses ... There are about 300 paintings in all. The French don't seem to be the kind of people who are good at riding and shooting, but their understanding of horses shows aesthetic and philosophical wisdom. Buffon, an outstanding writer, wrote a noble essay about horses. In his article, he said that man's conquest of horses is the noblest of all human conquest behaviors. Buffon's description of horses is the peak of aesthetic description of horses in the history of human mind. Although degas's horse painting seems calm and lacks passion, as long as you have read a sketch of Man and Horse by degas, you will not only be impressed by degas's skill in horse painting, but also be moved by his understanding of the feelings between man and horse.

? Degas doesn't like other outdoor themes except racetrack. He said to people, "for you, maybe the outdoors is natural."

? It is necessary, but for me, what I want is a civilized life. His interest in the magical effects of light comes from opera houses and cafes.

? On September 27th, 2007, Degas died in Paris at the age of 83. After his death, people found about 150 small sculptures in his studio, which were also about horse racing and dancers. Renoir thinks degas's sculpture is better than Rodin's, while pissarro regards him as "the greatest artist of our time".

? Degas never married, but he was not alone. 1877, degas met cassatt, a female painter who immigrated to France from the United States. Cassatt, who was born in a wealthy family, is a descendant of the French and was trained in traditional painting techniques in the United States. A few years after arriving in France, cassatt often painted with Degas. Under the influence of Degas, he participated in four impressionist art exhibitions. Cassatt has never been married, and she seldom comes into contact with men. Even in her works, there are few male images, but she is happy to associate with Germany and Canada. Because they not only have striking similarities in their origins and knowledge, but also have many similarities in their views on painting. Although cassatt is far from Degas in spirit and sketching skills, he has always been his good friend and student. Mutual appreciation and cassatt spoke highly of degas's sculptures, and degas also spoke highly of cassatt's prints: "Which painter can paint works as skillfully as her?"

Can it be assumed that cassatt, an impressionist female painter, was born because of Degas, so that Mo Lisuo, a female painter, was not alone in the impressionist team? In the history of art, the United States also made up the impressionist class. After Degas died, 73-year-old cassatt wrote to her American friend in Paris: "I feel sad. He is my oldest friend here and the last great artist in the19th century. I don't think anyone can replace him here. " The same feeling. Degas doesn't praise people easily, but he never stints on praising cassatt. When he saw cassatt's The Girl Who Combs Her Hair, he couldn't help admiring: "The sketch is great. After reading a portrait of cassatt, Degas said to his friends, "Someone has style with me, which is really high.

? Degas and cassatt have gradually become career confidants and mentors because of their artistic singing skills! The teacher-student relationship among Yiyou, Degas and cassatt lasted for quite a long time. Cassatt later told People that she couldn't have chosen a better mentor than Degas. The pure friendship between Degas and cassatt formed by art has also become a much-told story in the history of art.

? Be mean to others, be mean to yourself, and never slack off in the pursuit of art. That is the childlike heart of art, and the love for art transcends everything. Arrogance to life, persistence to art, excellent sense of form, and sensitivity to pain are the characteristics that make Degas shake the ears of the world with sharp disharmony in the gorgeous melody of Impressionist Wen Ya, forcing people to rethink their lives on the spiritual level. If the impressionist painter's endless talk is related to love affairs, then what flows from degas's works is related to life.