Degas: Revolutionary Conservative

Edgar Degas was undoubtedly one of the great artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A central member at this time of artistic and social revolution, Degas continually pushed boundaries to the end of his life despite being brought up and trained in a very conservative way. A solitary and often contentious man, we look at his work, but also at his attitudes which bring us up against some very contemporary issues regarding how you consider the work of an artist whose opinions you find distasteful.

This is a repeat of the sold-out June 2021 course. Advance booking essential.