id: 166878 accession number: 2009.123 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.123 updated: 2024-08-08 15:17:50.114000 Horse and Rider, c. 1890. Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917). Black chalk; sheet: 29.5 x 24.3 cm (11 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin 2009.123 title: Horse and Rider title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1890 creation date earliest: 1885 creation date latest: 1895 current location: creditline: Bequest of Muriel Butkin copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: black chalk department: Drawings collection: DR - French type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) - artist Son of a Parisian banker, Edgar Degas enrolled in law school in 1853 following his father's wishes. But he had already shown an interest in art and had also registered to copy at the Louvre. In 1855 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and became a student of Louis Lamothe (1822-1869), a former pupil of Ingres (q.v.). One year later Degas made the traditional journey to Italy, remaining there for three years. He visited family members in Naples and Florence and attended life classes at the Villa Medici in Rome. A visit to Normandy in 1861 may have introduced him to the racetrack. In Paris he continued to study at the Louvre, where he met Manet (q.v.) in 1862. Apart from his continuous interest in portraiture and history painting, Degas began to pay attention to subjects of modern life. Between 1865 and 1870, he exhibited at the Salon. At the time of the Franco-Prussian War, he enlisted in the artillery, but because of his poor eyesight he served (with Manet) in the infantry. After the war he traveled first to London and, in 1872-73, visited his uncle and brothers who had a cotton business in New Orleans. Degas participated in the first impressionist exhibition of 1874. He continued to exhibit with these artists until 1886 but never completely considered himself a member of the group, preferring to call himself a realist or naturalist. While many of the impressionists painted en plein air, Degas worked with models in his studio and, later in his career, from his imagination. In addition to painting, he experimented often with monotypes, engraving, pastels, sculpture, and photography. He traveled extensively-London, Naples, Spain, Morocco, and Switzerland-but continued to draw his subject matter from modern-day Paris. Other recurring themes would be the female nude and the ballet dancer. After the impressionist exhibition of 1886, Degas no longer participated in group shows. Instead he sold his works to private dealers such as Durand-Ruel and Ambroise Vollard. In the 1890s he began his own art collection, which, besides many works on paper, included paintings by such artists as Ingres, Cézanne (q.v.), Delacroix (q.v.), Gauguin (q.v.), and van Gogh (q.v.). His own art at the time became characterized by broader strokes of paint, charcoal, and pastel and the use of more vibrant colors, partly because of problems with his vision. His failing eyesight and poor health caused him to abandon his pursuit of art during the last years of his life. --- measurements: Sheet: 29.5 x 24.3 cm (11 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: inscribed in red ink, lower left: "Degas (estate stamp)" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00 French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001). title: Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement opening date: 2004-02-15T00:00:00 Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 15-May 16, 2004). title: L'Impressionnisme vu d'Amérique opening date: 2007-06-09T00:00:00 L'Impressionnisme vu d'Amérique. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (organizer) (June 9-September 9, 2007); Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (October 6, 2007-January 20, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (8/26/01 - 10/28/01 ): NY, NY: The Dahesh Museum ( 2/19/02 - 5/28/02 ); "French Master Drawings from the Collection of Muriel Butkin"', 'opening_date': '2001-08-26T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; May 13 - July 13, 2003. " Object in Focus: Degas\' Jockeys "', 'opening_date': '2003-05-13T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 15 - May 16, 2004. "Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement". Not in exh. cat.', 'opening_date': '2004-02-15T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Musée Fabre, Montpellier (6/9/2007 - 9/9/2007) and Musée de Grenoble (10/6/2007 - 1/20/2008): "L\'Impressionnisme vu d\'Amérique"', 'opening_date': '2007-06-09T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Estate of Muriel Butkin. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.123/2009.123_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.123/2009.123_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.123/2009.123_full.tif