PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Tucked away beside a dry cleaners in a dark Paris courtyard, the firm that supplied Impressionist master Edgar Degas with the brilliant pastel colors used in some of his most ...
Ask Alan Flattmann about soft pastels and the Covington artist’s enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of the medium is immediately evident. There’s a vibrancy to them “that’s unrivaled,” said Flattmann, ...
After years in the dark, nearly 40 French pastels are emerging from their vault to take a turn in the spotlight. A new exhibit at the MFA, aptly named “French Pastels: Treasures from the Vault,” ...
For the artist whose name immediately brings to mind images of ballerinas, the new "Degas at Harvard" show at Harvard's Arthur M. Sackler Museum demonstrates the breadth of Edgar Degas' career. "Degas ...
Dancers on a Bench', about 1898, Pastel on tracing paper Glasgow Museums: Art Gallery & Museums, Kelvingrove. All images © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection Of the ...
As a young artist with as yet little to show for himself, Claude Monet decided to try working outdoors. Before long, his attempts to capture the French landscape using pastels, a material that had ...