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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was largely an indirect painter, almost incapable of abandoning himself to the canvas, to an unplanned pictorial improvisation. Indeed, throughout his life he returned time and again to works he had earlier discarded, refreshing, altering, resizing, or scraping the canvas in a career of relentless self-criticism. Yet reexamination of his oeuvre in the context of this exhibition reveals that he was capable of creating spontaneous, Impression-like images. Woman Viewed from Behind, thickly painted with large brushes, is particularly direct and fluent in its handling.