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Campers, Degas and Lincoln

Posted in Art Camp, daily painter, tagged Degas, Edgar Degas, Rider in Red Coat on July 21, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The Art Campers painted Degas’ Rider in a Red Coat yesterday. Beautiful work by these young ladies. And, of course, Lincoln loved being with all these girls!

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Degas’ Rider at Art Camp

Posted in Art Camp, daily painter, tagged Art Camp, Degas, Rider, Rider in Red Coat on July 7, 2020| 1 Comment »

We just had two young painters yesterday for camp but we got so much accomplished. They learned about Degas as they painted his Rider in a Red Coat. And they did a great job. Nice work little artists!

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Painting Degas’ Rider

Posted in Animals, Art Camp, daily painter, tagged Degas, Rider in Red Coat on July 24, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Impress Jul 23 Degas age 8-13 The rain didn’t dampen the spirits of these Art Campers as we studied Edgar Degas yesterday. They did a terrific version of his 1868 “Rider in a Red Coat”. Beautiful!

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Art Campers & Degas

Posted in Art Camp, tagged Art Camp, Degas, Rider in Red Coat on June 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Art Camp Jun 14 Yesterday Art Camp started at The Studio with young painters (ages 5-7) painting just like Degas. Their versions of Rider in a Red Coat turned out fabulous. Nice work everyone. Today we’ll study Monet. If you have a young painter it’s not too late to get in on art camp. Check out the schedule here.

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Famous Painter Night with Degas

Posted in daily painter, Paint Party, tagged Degas, Rider in a Red Coat on April 25, 2018| 1 Comment »

Degas Famous Painter For our Famous Painter Night this month we painted this beautiful Degas “Rider in a Red Coat” from 1868. And everyone did a fabulous job! Just look at these. So nice. Next month’s Famous Painter night will feature Monet’s “Three Pots of Tulips”. Click here to register.

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Art Camp & Kid’s Class

Posted in Art Camp, Art Class, tagged Degas, Edgar Degas, horses, ice cream, kids class on June 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Camp 2 Day 3 Degas Yesterday we continued Art Camp and studied Edgar Degas “The Jockey”. The kids did a terrific job on this difficult painting.

Kids Ice Cream Then in the afternoon we had our regular weekly kids art class where we painted ice cream cones. It made us all hungry! Great work everyone….

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Behind the Scenes at the National Gallery of Art

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Cezanne, Degas, Monet, Morrisot, National Gallery of Art, Renoir on August 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Greg Jecmen reviewing what were seeing

Degas pastel

Degas Pastel

Degas Charcoal Drawing

Renoir study for the Country Dancers

Degas Charcoal and Pastel Study of Jockeys

Close-up of jockey 1

Close-up of jockey 2

Degas Charcoal and Pastel Horse and Jockey study

Degas Charcoal Horse Study

Yesterday morning we had a wonderful opportunity to go behind the scenes at the National Gallery of Art and visit with Gregory Jecman, Associate Curator of Old Master Prints and Drawings. He pulled some drawings and pastels by Degas, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and Morrisot that we were allowed to examine up close. It was a rare experience.

We were amazed to see the detail of the work so close up. The National Gallery offers many programs like this that a free for the asking as long as you make an appointment in advance. For art lovers it is a must! Here are the wonderful Degas’ and a Renoir that we saw yesterday. There was so much to see that I will share the other things we saw in the next few days.

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Degas-Cassatt at NGA

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Cassatt, Degas, Degas-Cassatt exhibit, National Gallery of Art on May 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878

Close-up of dog in Cassatt’s “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”

Sleeping Lincoln

Take time to go to the National Gallery of Art before the end of October to see two exhibits that are currently there – Degas/Cassatt and Andrew Wyeth.

The Degas/Cassatt exhibit features gorgeous paintings by the two artists, several from private collections that I had never seen, as well as many prints by the two with an explanation of how these became important during that time period. Of course, my favorite painting in the show by Cassatt is “Little Girl in a Blue Arm Chair”. I just know that the little dog in the opposite chair is an ancestor to my Lincoln. I always say that Lincoln thinks he should be leading the life of a wealthy French family’s dog!

Degas, Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery, 1885, private collection.

My favorite Degas’ are the two he painted of Cassatt and another woman at the Louvre and the pastel study of Cassatt for the painting. This is the first time I have seen the painting as it is in a private collection on loan to the show. I love the perspective of these.

Take time to go see this exhibit. It really gives insight into the way artists of the time work together, critiqued each other, and collected each others work.

Edgar Degas, “Mary Cassatt at the Louvre”, 1879, pastel, Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Coming Soon to NGA – An Early Lincoln

Posted in Serendipity, Travel, tagged Cassatt, Degas, Degas-Cassatt exhibit, National Gallery of Art on April 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Mary Cassatt’s Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878

Close-up of dog in Cassatt’s “Little Girl in a Blue Armchair”

There is an exciting exhibit coming to the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Degas/Cassatt opens on May 11 and will feature 70 pieces by the two Impressionists that will highlight their friendship. The curators there recently discovered that it appears that Degas may have actually painted a few strokes on the well-known Cassatt painting “Little Girl in Blue Armchair”. It’s fascinating. Read about it here.

Sleeping Lincoln

I love this painting that I have seen many time but a couple of years ago, right after Lincoln came to live with us, I had to take a double take when looking at the painting. It seems that Lincoln was a wealthy French dog in a former life. He has been reincarnated and now lives with us in Virginia. The pup in the painting looks just like my sleeping Lincoln.

Don’t you think?

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