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Edgar Degas - one hundred paintings from 1870 to 1877

Upon the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Degas enlisted in the National Guard, where his defense of Paris left him little time for painting. During rifle training his eyesight was found to be defective, and for the rest of his life his eye problems were a constant worry to him.
After the war, in 1872, Degas began an extended stay in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his brother René and a number of other relatives lived. Staying at the home of his Creole uncle, Michel Musson, on Esplanade Avenue, Degas produced a number of works, many depicting family members. One of Degas's New Orleans works, A Cotton Office in New Orleans, garnered favorable attention back in France, and was his only work purchased by a museum (the Pau) during his lifetime.

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Hortense Valpinson 1870	Portrait of Henri Valpincon as a child with a governess 1870	Musicians in the Orchestra 1870	Madame Camus with a Fan 1870	The False Start 1870
Washerwomen 1870-1872	Madame Lisle 1870	The Ballet from 'Robert le Diable' 1871	Dance Class 1871	General Mellinet and Chief Rabbi Astruc 1871
Horses in a Meadow 1871	Jeantaud, Linet and Laine 1871	Three Heads 1871	Two Horses in a Pasture 1871	A Carriage at the Races 1872
Achille De Gas 1872	At the Races 1872	Ballet Scene from Robert la Diable 1872	Before the Race 1872	Children on a Doorstep 1872
Dance Class at the Opera 1872	Dancer Seated, study 1872	Dancer Standing, study 1872	Dancers Backstage 1872	Henri Rouart and His Daughter Helene 1872

Mademoiselle Didau at the Piano 1872	Musicians in the Orchestra 1872	Racehorses before the Stands 1872	Violinist and Young Woman 1872	Woman at a Window 1872
Woman Seated on a Balcony 1872	Woman Seated on a Canape 1872	Woman with the Oriental Vase 1872	Young Woman in Street Dress 1872	Head of a Woman 1873
Two Dancers 1873	The Artist's Cousin, Probably Mrs. William Bell 1873	Ballet School 1873	Cotton Merchants in New Orleans 1873	Madame Rene De Gas 1873
Portrait of a Woman 1873	Portrait of Mme. Rene De Gas, born Estelle Musson 1873	Race Horses 1873	Seated Dancer in Profile 1873	A Cotton Office in New Orleans 1873
The Dance Class 1873	The Invalid 1873	The Nurse 1873	The Pedicure 1873	The Rehearsal 1873

The Savoy Girl 1873	Woman Ironing. Silhouette 1873	Woman with a Bandage 1873	Dancer 1874	Elena Carafa 1874
Eugene Manet 1874	Melancholy 1874	Race Horses at Longchamp 1874	The Ballet Rehearsal on Stage 1874	The Dance Class 1874
The Ballet Class 1874	The Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage 1874	Yellow Dancers. In the Wings 1874	Three Dancers in an Exercise Hall 1874	Dance Opera 1874
Ballet Rehearsal 1875	Henri Rouart in front of His Factory 1875	Madame de Rutte 1875	Madame Jeantaud in the mirror 1875	Peasant Girls Bathing in the Sea at Dusk 1875
Place de la Concorde 1875	Portrait of Eugene Manet, study 1875	Racehorses at Longchamp 1874	Two Dancers in the Studio. Dance School 1875	Woman on a Sofa 1875

Dancer on Stage with a Bouquet 1876	Girl in Red 1876	Henri De Gas and His Neice, Lucie Degas 1876	Jerome Ottoz 1876	The Absinthe Drinker 1876
The Chorus 1876	The Duchess de Montejasi and her daughters Elena and Camilla 1876	The Riders 1876	Woman with an Umbrella 1876	Femme assise au balcon 1877
On the Stage 1876	Ballet at the Paris Opera 1877	Cafe-Concert. The Spectators 1877	Singers on the Stage 1877	Dancer On stage 1877
Dancers Practicing at the Barre 1877	Seated Dancer Adjusting Her Shoes 1876	Dancers in Pink 1876	After the Bath 1877	At the Cafe 1877
At the Races 1877	Ballet at th e Paris Opera 1877	Beach Scene 1870	Cafe Concert At Les Ambassadeurs 1877	Carlo Pellegrini 1877

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