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Discover Degas & Miss La La
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The extraordinary story behind Degas's groundbreaking painting of the African-American circus performer Miss La La. Edgar Degas's Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando (1879) is one of only two paintings by the artist representing people of colour. Miss La La, born Anna Albertine Olga Brown...
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The extraordinary story behind Degas’s groundbreaking painting of the biracial circus performer Miss La La
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The extraordinary story behind Degas's groundbreaking painting of the African-American circus performer Miss La La.
Edgar Degas's Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando (1879) is one of only two paintings by the artist representing people of colour. Miss La La, born Anna Albertine Olga Brown to a white Prussian mother and African-American father, was a renowned performer of extraordinary daring in fin-de-siècle Paris.
Exploring the fascinating story behind Degas's painting, this is the first in-depth study to focus on the sitter's identity, presenting new research on her life and career, as well as unpublished photographic material tracing her tour across Europe. The book also analyses the genesis of Degas's work, from his rapid sketches completed on the spot to his more elaborate preparatory drawings and pastels.
The son of a Creole mother from New Orleans, Degas travelled to Louisiana in 1872–73, which was to have a lasting impact on his art. This book examines the artist's complex attitudes to ethnicity in relation to his own family background, and the representation of multiracial people in late nineteenth-century France.
Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
National Gallery, London
(June 6–September 1, 2024)
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781857097146
Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: National Gallery Company Ltd
Illustration: 71 color Illus
Contributors:
- Contributions by Laurie Fierstein
- Contributions by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
- Contributions by Denise Murrell
- Contributions by Christopher Riopelle
- Contributions by Christopher Riopelle
- Contributions by Denise Murrell
- Contributions by Isolde Pludermacher
- Contributions by Laurie Fierstein
- Contributions by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 251.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 136
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About the Author
Anne Robbins is a Curator of Paintings at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Chiara Di Stefano is Associate Curator of Post 1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
Laurie Fierstein is an independent researcher, currently writing a book about Anna Albertine Olga Brown Woodson and Theophilia Szterker.
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley.
Denise Murrell is the Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large, Office of the Director, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Sterre Overmars is Weinrebe Curatorial Fellow of Post-1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
Isolde Pludermacher is Chief Curator of Paintings at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
Christopher Riopelle is the Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings at the National Gallery, London.
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