Edgar Degas (1834-1914)
Self-Portrait (1855) - Paris, Orsay Museum
Self-Portrait (1855) - Paris, Orsay Museum
Let me
introduce you to Edgar Degas. I discovered him through an exhibition
titled 'The Complete Sculptures of Edgar Degas', hosted at the Evagoras Lanitis
Centre in Limassol, Cyprus.
Edgar Degas
was a french artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and
drawing. He was as well a poet and a photographer.
Before
being part of the Art History, he was an inexhaustible drawer spending his days
at the Louvre Museum, copying masterpieces like countless other artists such as
Renoir, Matisse or Delacroix.
«You have
to copy and recopy the masters, » Degas insisted, « and it's
only after having proved oneself as a good copyist that you can reasonably try
to do a still life of a radish. »
I see food
photography, recipe development or story writing as Art. It comes from
creativity, conveys emotions and, opens heart and mind.
I have been
wondering in the blog sphere and discovered many talented artists whom I admire
the work.
If you wish
to paint one of the masterpieces at the Louvre, you need to apply for a copyist
permit and respect few rules such as your canvas cannot be the same size as the
original work of art or, you are not allowed to copy the original artist’s
signature, but mention « From the work of… »… Fair enough !
If you ever
get inspired by my work, please be inspired as well and spread the word :
simply link your post back to Sweet And Inspired Life. It would
be much appreciated.
« It is
very good to copy what one sees; it is much better to draw what you can't see
anymore but is in your memory. It is a transformation in which imagination and
memory work together. You only reproduce what struck you, that is to say the
necessary. » - Edgar Degas
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