Famed 'Green fairy' drink is back Feb 27, 2008
Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso painted it. It's said Van Gogh was driven to cut off his ear while under its influence. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
2 of stolen masterpieces recovered Feb 21, 2008
" The museum is offering a $91,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the four paintings, but neither police nor museum officials would say Tuesday whether the parking lot attendant, who was not identified, would collect any of it. Police said they are continuing to search for the two other stolen paintings, "Count Lepic and His Daughters" (1871) by Edgar Degas and "Boy in a Red Jacket" (1888) by Paul Cezanne; the latter is considered to be the museum's most prized possession. "We... (San Francisco Chronicle)
2 stolen Impressionist paintings recovered Feb 20, 2008
The stolen paintings clockwise from upper left: Paul Cezanne painting 'Boy in the Red Waistcoat; ' Edgar Degas painting 'Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter; ' Claude Monet's painting 'Poppy field at Vetheuil' and Vincent van Gogh's painting 'Blooming Chestnut Branches ... The two other paintings taken from the E.G. Buehrle Collection one by Edgar Degas and the other by Paul Cezanne remain missing, Philipp Hotzenkoecherle, commandant of the Zurich city police, told reporters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Two stolen paintings discovered in car parked at mental hospital Feb 20, 2008
zanne and Edgar Degas - remain missing, police said. Together, the four paintings are worth an estimated $163-million. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Swiss police say 2 stolen paintings recovered Feb 20, 2008
The other two paintings taken Feb. 10 from the E.G. Buehrle Collection by Paul Cezanne and Edgar Degas remained missing, police said. "I am incredibly relieved that two paintings have returned," museum director Lukas Gloor told a news conference. (International Herald Tribune)
Two of 4 paintings stolen in Zurich heist are recovered Feb 20, 2008
hrle Collection - by Edgar Degas and Paul C. zanne - are still missing, said Philipp Hotzenkcherle, commandant of the Zurich police. (International Herald Tribune)
Stolen paintings found in Zurich Feb 20, 2008
They are still searching for the other two paintings 'Count Lepic and his Daughters' by Edgar Degas (1871), and 'Boy in a Red Waistcoat' by Paul Cezanne (1888) taken at the same time. An employee of the psychiatric hospital alerted police to the white car left in the car park. (iAfrica.com)
Nazi-looted art goes on display Feb 20, 2008
Paul Cezanne's "Portrait of Artist" and Edgar Degas' "Portrait of the engraver Mansi" hang at the museum. The exhibits, which include paintings by masters like Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and Georges Seurat, are meant to bring to life the dramatic stories behind the art -- and perhaps reunite the works with the owners or heirs. (CNN -- World)
Stolen Masterpieces 'Found At Hospital' Feb 19, 2008
The other pictures stolen were Edgar Degas' Ludovic Lepic And His Daughter, Vincent van Gogh's Blooming Chestnut Branches and Paul Cezanne's Boy In The Red Waistcoat. Bookmark this page. (Sky News)
Swiss police may have found paintings stolen in Zurich art heist Feb 19, 2008
The other pictures stolen were Edgar Degas' "Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter," Vincent van Gogh's "Blooming Chestnut Branches" and Paul Cezanne's "Boy in the Red Waistcoat.". Local radio station Radio 24, also citing an unidentified witness, reported that the building supervisor at the hospital found paintings in an unlocked car. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Renzo Piano's LA museum opens to public Feb 18, 2008
"Smoke" serves as a gateway to stellar objects upstairs in the Lazarof Collection, including an ensemble of sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, outstanding paintings by Picasso from several phases of his career, and works by Edgar Degas, Georges Braque, Wassily Kandinsky, Louise Nevelson and others. Several members of the art press at the preview likened their encounters with the Lazarof Collection to wandering in MOMA before its 21st century renovation. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Two heists in a week are big shock to Swiss museums Feb 18, 2008
Apart from Paul Cezanne's The Boy in the Red Vest, the key piece of the collection, the theft on Sunday included Claude Monet's Poppies Near Vetheuil, Edgar Degas' Count Lepic and His Daughters and Vincent van Gogh's Blossoming Chestnut Branches. The weight of the framed paintings probably stopped the robbers taking more of the museum's 200 works, Lukas Gloor, the director of the museum, said at a press conference. (Business Report, South Africa)
* Gunmen steal paintings worth US$164m in Zurich Feb 13, 2008
The paintings by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet were stolen from the Buehrle Foundation museum on Sunday evening, police said. The operation came only five days after another major art robbery in a nearby Swiss town. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The green fairy Feb 12, 2008
It appeared in the paintings of Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso. It's said Van Gogh was driven to cut off his ear while under its influence. (Fresno Bee)
Four masterpieces stolen in Zurich heist Feb 12, 2008
Police and museum officials said the theft of paintings by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh occurred at about 4:30 p.m. at the E.G. Buehrle Collection in the Swiss financial capital, Zurich. We re talking about the biggest ever robbery carried out in Switzerland, even Europe, Zurich police spokesman Mario Cortesi told reporters. (Montana Standard, MT)
Gang robs Zurich of top paintings Feb 12, 2008
The four paintings stolen on Sunday are: Poppies near Vetheuil, by Claude Monet (1879), Count Lepic and his Daughters, by Edgar Degas (1871), Chestnut in Bloom, by Vincent Van Gogh (1890) and Boy in a Red Jacket, by Paul Cezanne (1888), police said. A police statement said the three masked men entered the museum in central Zurich at about 1630 local time (1530 GMT). (BBC News -- Europe)
Armed robbers steal 4 masterworks in Zurich Feb 12, 2008
While one held a pistol and ordered visitors and staff members to lie on the floor in the main room of the museum, the two other men removed the four paintings from the wall: Monet's "Poppy Field at Vetheuil," "Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter" by Edgar Degas, Van Gogh's "Blooming Chestnut Branches," and C. zanne's "Boy in the Red Waistcoat." Their total worth is estimated at $163 million. (International Herald Tribune)
Van Gogh, Monet art goes in $90M heist Feb 12, 2008
One of the men threatened personnel at the museum's front door with a pistol and forced them to the ground, police said, while the other two men went into an exhibition room and stole four oil paintings by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. Afterward, the three men loaded the paintings -- Monet's "Poppies near Vetheuil," Degas' "Count Lepic and his Daughters," Van Gogh's "Blossoming Chestnut Branches" and Cezanne's "Boy in a Red Vest" -- into a white car parked in... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Armed robbers steal $100 million worth of art from Zurich museum Feb 11, 2008
The Zurich police said the robbery took place Sunday and that oil paintings by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet were among those taken. Further details were not immediately available. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Malibu Seen (1) Feb 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Edition. "Museum curator Stephanie Barron has watched the collection grow over the years. "This is a collection that has been built carefully and painstakingly over several decades," Barron says. "Having these works available at LACMA will forever change how future generations of visitors will understand modern art in Los Angeles. (Malibu Times, CA)
Library launches project to restore art collection Jan 31, 2008
Sketches and etchings from artists such as Edgar Degas, Francisco Goya and James Whistler are included in the librarys Nora H. McCurdy Memorial Collection. In 1922, local socialite Laura McCurdy donated the 61 pieces of art to the Withers Public Library and asked the collection be named after her mother, Nora. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
What lies beneath Dec 30, 2007
The most valuable painting kept in the dark is After The Bath by French artist Edgar Degas, which is worth $900,000. "It was on exhibition recently but had to be returned to the vault because it is on paper and has to spend months back in darkness," Ms Smith said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Picasso Blue-Period 3-Minute Theft Leaves Brazil's MASP Museum Red-Faced Dec 27, 2007
It houses 8,000 items including works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Vincent Van Gogh, said Art Bourse's Bergamin. Picasso's ``Portrait of Suzanne Bloch,'' measuring about 60 by 50 centimeters (24 by 20 inches), is from the Spanish master's so-called blue period. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
L.A. museum given Picasso, Matisse works Dec 14, 2007
The gift from Janice and Henri Lazarof includes 20 works by Picasso; two versions of Constantin Brancusi's signature bronze, "Bird in Space;" seven figurative sculptures and a painting by Alberto Giacometti; two dozen works by Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Lyonel Feininger and Impressionist pieces by Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro. "It's a major deal to get this work in one fell swoop, at a time when the art market has made it nearly impossible for museums to purchase work of this quality,"... (MSNBC -- News)
New acquisitions at Cleveland Museum of Art Dec 14, 2007
Among the new pieces is Mlle Bcat at the Caf des Ambassadeurs, one of only 15 impressions known to exist of a lithograph by Edgar Degas. It is one of several works in which Degas depicted the caf-concert, a popular outdoor entertainment that featured dance and music performed by popular entertainers of the late 1870s. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
LACMA gets huge gift Dec 12, 2007
" About 80 works from the collection will go on view Jan. 13, a month before the museum unveils the first phase of an ambitious expansion and renovation program that includes a new contemporary art building financed by Los Angeles collector-philanthropist Eli Broad. The Lazarof donation will debut in three galleries on the plaza level of the Ahmanson Building, in a new 22,000-square-foot showcase for modern art. Although Henri Lazarof is a veteran composer and his wife, a daughter of the late... (Los Angeles Times)
* New insights into artists' failing vision Dec 6, 2007
Edgar Degas, known for his paintings of nudes and ballet dancers, suffered retinal disease, probably macular degeneration, for nearly half his life. When he died in 1917, his colleague Pierre Auguste Renoir said, "It is fortunate for him any conceivable death is better than living the way he was.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Legendary Liquor Coming To Bay Area Store Shelves Dec 6, 2007
Absinthe was the drink of choice of 19th and 20th century artists and writers such as Vincent Van Gogh, Emile Zola, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, Ernest Hemmingway and Pablo Picasso. Vincent Van Gough reportedly sliced off his ear while drinking it, and legend has it, the drink turned normal people into homicidal maniacs. (NBC 11, CA)
Alameda distiller helps make absinthe legitimate again Dec 6, 2007
Vincent van Gogh sliced off his ear while sipping it, Edgar Degas and Pablo Picasso painted it, French poet Paul Verlaine cursed it as he lay dying in his bed ... Edgar Degas created his famous painting "L'absinthe" of a woman sitting in front of a glass of absinthe, and Pablo Picasso painted "The Absinthe Drinker" during his blue period. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* The scientific potential of painting Dec 1, 2007
The group obtained images of 554 paintings from 181 artists, including Edgar Degas, Gustav Klimt, Rembrandt, Thomas Gainsborough and Peter Paul Rubens. They then narrowed the list down to five artists, such as Turner, who were painting before, during and after the time of volcanic eruptions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Scientists useart to track climate change Nov 29, 2007
The volcanic group included paintings by 19 artists, including Turner, Claude Lorrain, John Singleton Copley, Friedrich Caspar David, Breton Jules, Edgar Degas, Alexander Cozens and Gustav Klimt. The scientists measured the color ratio in all the paintings and found that those with the highest red to green ratio were in the volcanic group. (MSNBC -- Environment)
History of Photography Exhibitions Nov 28, 2007
Twenty-nine photographers are represented in this presentation, including Jean-Louis-Marie-Eugne Durieu (1800-1874), Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), Impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Man Ray (1890-1976), Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), Diane Arbus (1923-1971) and Chuck Close (b. 1940). (Suite101.com)
Holiday Gifts: Museum Books 2007 Nov 13, 2007
Works by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Paul Czanne (1839-1906) are examined alongside those of Raphael (1483-1520), Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Diego Velzquez (1599-1660), among others. Essential reading for any serious student of art history and devotee of Impressionism. (Suite101.com)
Sainsbury leaves 100m of art to Tate and National Gallery Oct 30, 2007
The Hon Simon Sainsbury Bequest has been called "one of the most important bequests to come to the nation in the past 100 years" and includes pieces by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Thomas Gainsborough, Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau. The works will be split between the two galleries and will be exhibited to the public at the Tate next June. (Independent)
18 paintings left for two British museums Oct 30, 2007
The paintings, including works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Thomas Gainsborough and Francis Bacon, came from Sainsburys private collection. The descendant of the grocery chains founder died last year at age 76. (MSNBC -- News)
Sidewalk art a terrific success Oct 17, 2007
The "Teacher's Choice" award went to another team from Harrisburg, who drew an Edgar Degas ballet scene. The "Teachers' Choice" team included Erin Ellis, Cacy Ellis, Tonya Tuttle and Breanna Hefner. (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
Absinthe Makes Splash After 100-Year U.S. Ban: Cindy Skrzycki Oct 17, 2007
It was the subject of the Edgar Degas painting ``L'Absinthe. Emile Zola mentioned it in a novel and Ernest Hemingway said: ``Got tight last night on absinthe. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
VAN GOGH PEN AND INK Sep 28, 2007
And since he was writing not to his family but to a fellow artist, she points out, van Gogh could be incredibly candid - dissing fellow impressionist Edgar Degas, say, as "a little lawyer" who "doesn't like women," and wishing he himself had the means to paint other things. "It always seems to me that if I want to do studies of brothels, I'd need more money than I have," he writes at one point. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Edward Hopper: Washington, D.C. exhibit peers into world of iconic artist Sep 19, 2007
Traveling through Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin after school, Hopper was impressed with modernists like Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet. Like those painters, Hopper would come to essentially address the reality of contemporary urban life. (Carroll County Times)
Art Museum purchases $10M Degas Sep 13, 2007
The announced Wednesday it has purchased "The Milliners," a late-19th century painting by French artist Edgar Degas, for about $10 million. The circa 1898 painting is the first oil painting by Degas the museum has purchased, which the museum said fills in a major gap in its collection. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Let's Face It! is a creative outlet Sep 7, 2007
Then they moved on to more realistic painting like Davinci s Mona Lisa and Edgar Degas. They talked about the important role of artists before cameras came on the scene. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Hidden van Gogh found at MFA Aug 4, 2007
The French Impressionist Edgar Degas, for example, painted over some works more than 20 years after they were created. Typically, artists add a fresh layer of white paint to hide the older composition before creating a new one. (Boston Globe)
Show helps you form a different picture of Matisse Jul 1, 2007
zanne, Edgar Degas, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, and Auguste Rodin. Together, they convey the wonder of human movement in a show that is itself moving. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Bacon, Freud Joined Top Artists in Sales That Made $883 Million Jun 26, 2007
The week's unsold lots included an Andy Warhol dollar sign and Brigitte Bardot image, a Mel Ramos pin-up girl and earlier paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas. The top European impressionist paintings have appreciated 39 percent this year, though they're still below the 1990 peak before the art market crashed, according to index-maker Art Market Research. (Bloomberg)
Recoveredmasterpiecesto be exhibitedat The Bruce Jun 22, 2007
Through other efforts, the family has recovered an additional 50 works, including a sketch by Edgar Degas. Since the return of the works by artists such as Salomon van Ruysdael, Bernardo Bellotto and Bartholomeus van der Heist, Sutton has been working with von Saher to evaluate the collection, which is in storage in New York, and determine what the family will keep. (Greenwich Time)
A master of the canvas who also tried his hand at sculpture Jun 10, 2007
Another key point of comparison occurs where a fragmentary bronze "Woman Getting Out of the Bath" (1896-1911) by Edgar Degas (1834-1917) stands nearby Matisse's similarly small "The Dance" (1911). Regardless of its casual finish, the Degas describes the energy of an action on his model's part. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Eight works by Picasso among treasures of VAG exhibition Jun 10, 2007
If that's not enough, the exhibit also includes works anyone familiar with modern art would immediately recognize such as Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Max Ernst, Paul Gauguin, Fernand Leger, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro, Amadeo Modigliani, Camille Pissaro, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Henry Rousseau, and George Seurat. "It quite genuinely is a once in a lifetime opportunity, at least in Vancouver," Thom said in an interview. (Vancouver Sun)
Read more... Jun 6, 2007
The Phillips Collection is home to one of the most exquisite collections of impressionist and modern American and European art in the world with works by artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Czanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Honor Daumier, Georgia OKeeffe, Arthur Dove, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, and Richard Diebenkorn. Founded by Duncan Phillips and opened to the public in 1921, the museum is... (PNN Online)
Monet wasn't abstract, just semi-blind May 18, 2007
According to an experiment by Michael Marmor, professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University, Monet (1840-1926) and fellow impressionist Edgar Degas (1834-1917), both suffered severe eye problems affecting their later works. Marmor recreated computer images showing how the two painters would have seen the world using a system of filters and documents from the time, a statement from the US university said. (iAfrica.com)
How Monet's cataracts coloured his view of the lilies May 16, 2007
Professor Marmor has also examined the life and work of the painter Edgar Degas, thought to have suffered from maculopathy - a condition which seriously affected his central vision. The evidence could force a dramatic reappraisal of both artists' work, he believes. (Independent)
Vision vs. visionary -- see what Monet, Degas saw Apr 17, 2007
Using historical documentation, medical knowledge and Photoshop computer software, he has created blurred images of famous works by Monet and Edgar Degas -- who suffered from debilitating retinal disease -- that he thinks accurately depict the way the artists saw those pictures. "I thought it was important to actually see what they saw," says Marmor, sitting in his art-adorned office at Stanford University Medical Center. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Two French Artists Paint Dancers Apr 15, 2007
Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917) were both French artists who created works that featured dancers as subject matter. While both sometimes shared a similar subject matter, the nature of their paintings and subject matter differ greatly. (Suite101.com)
Eye Diseases Gave Great Painters Different Vision Of Their Work Apr 14, 2007
Combining computer simulation with his own medical knowledge, Marmor has recreated images of some of the masterpieces of the French impressionistic painters Claude Monet and Edgar Degas who continued to work while they struggled with cataracts and retinal disease. The results are striking. (Science Daily)
The Art of Impressionism Mar 26, 2007
A history and overview of the Impressionism movement started by Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro ... Joined by such noted artists as Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, they created what was dubbed by critic Louis Leroy Impressionism, inspired by the title of Monet s work. (Suite101.com)
France parts with prized art for N.O. exhibit Mar 4, 2007
NEW ORLEANS Edgar Degas lived briefly during the 1800s in a handsome two-story home about a mile from where his painting, "Dancers on Stage," went on display today. The painting, brought from Lyon, France, is one of more than 80 paintings of women the French government has loaned to the New Orleans Museum of Art. (KSLA.com, LA)
Museum of Art hoping new exhibits draw crowds Feb 27, 2007
Attendance dipped to 195,000 last year, when 90,000 came to see Edgar Degas - The Last Landscapes exhibit. More Monet. (Columbus Business First, OH)
Town family regains paintings Feb 23, 2007
In addition to the recovered art in Amsterdam, the family has also recovered another 50 works since 2001, including a sketch by Edgar Degas. "For some time now they have been researching the other pictures from the notebook," Kaye said. (Greenwich Time)
Art bidders light up London auction Feb 8, 2007
Other big sales for the night: Edgar Degas' "Trois Danseuses Jupes Violettes" ("Three Dancers in Purple Skirts"), which sold for $8. 1 million; Claude Monet's "Maison du Jardinier" ("The Gardener's House"), $7. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
95 million pound sale of art sets European record for Sotheby's Feb 7, 2007
Other highlights of the sale included Edgar Degas' "Trois Danseuses Jupes Violettes," ("Three Dancers in Purple Skirts") which sold for 4,164,000 pounds ( 6,314,353 US$8,171,059); Claude Monet's "Maison du Jardinier," ("The Gardener's House") which sold for 4,052,000 pounds ( 6,144,514 US$7,951,280); Edvard Munch's "View from Nordstrand" sold for 3,828,000 pounds ( 5,804,837 US$7,511,723), more than double the pre-sale estimate, and Munch's "Springtime" made 3,156,000 pounds ( 4,785,806... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Sotheby's Raises $186 Million in London Sale of Impressionist, Modern Art Feb 6, 2007
5 million pounds, and a guarantee from Sotheby's of a minimum price to the seller; two Egon Schiele works; three Emil Nolde paintings; two Pierre Bonnard pictures; landscapes by Claude Monet and Eugene Boudin, and an Edgar Degas dancer. Sculptures were snapped up. (Bloomberg -- UK)
A high-voltage collection Jan 24, 2007
Cassatt excelled beyond all the European impressionists, even her mentor Edgar Degas, in rendering human bodies and their garments with vibrant finesse. The mother's gown seems to be a living thing. (Orlando Sentinel)
Matisse show looks at artistic process Jan 13, 2007
The exhibit will also feature works by artists such as Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas and Matisse's rival and friend, Pablo Picasso. "I think people will come away with a different view of who Matisse was," Kosinski said. (Yahoo News -- Art and Museums)
The art of the deals Dec 30, 2006
The exhibit, ''The Romance of Modernism: Paintings and Sculpture from the Scott M. Black Collection,'' includes works by Monet, Edgar Degas, Eugene Boudin, Camille Pissarro. Paul Signac, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Paul C. (Cape Cod Times, MA)
Impressionist insight: letters to Monet go on sale Dec 9, 2006
Many are by Monet's fellow Impressionist painters - including Renoir, Edouard Manet, Paul C;zanne, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley and Mary Cassatt - offering an intimate glimpse into a close circle of artists. Monet carefully preserved the letters until his death in 1926 at the age of 86, and they became a family treasure, passed down through the generations. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Gibson's stunning vision of the end Dec 9, 2006
If every anti-Semitic artist were to suddenly become verboten everywhere, no one would ever read a poem by T.S. Eliot or Ezra Pound or look at a painting by Edgar Degas. It goes without saying that no one would ever listen to Richard Wagner's music (which Leonard Bernstein, bless him, famously conducted in Israel). (Buffalo News -- Arts)
