1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mary Cassatt at the Louvre: The Paintings Gallery is a 1880 ink by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, depicting Reading, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a woman looking at paintings in a gallery. She's standing alone, lost in thought. This painting is interesting because it shows a quiet moment in a busy place, and the artist used a mix of techniques to create it, like layering etching and aquatint to get different textures. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of aquatint.
Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.
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