Degas exhibited it only once, in 1881 in Paris. After his death in 1917, his heirs had 28 versions cast in bronze. Most are in museums. Ten are in private hands, including the one in Christie's sale.

A powerful X-ray technique has unveiled a hidden portrait beneath a famed painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas, helping solve a mystery that has stumped the art world for decades.

French customs officers have found an impressionist painting by Edgar Degas stowed on a bus, more than eight years after it was reported stolen. The French Culture Ministry said Friday that ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition, and the movement is being celebrated not only in France but major cities across the world – including Glasgow, where ...

The exhibit also makes history: featuring two side-by-side works that Degas himself put together for the last ever Impressionist Exhibition in Paris. They have not been seen together since 1886.

Breastfeeding was not a common theme in Impressionism but its treatment by Degas, Renoir and Morisot gives a fascinating insight into some of the ways women who practiced it were perceived. ‘At ...

Degas and Impressionism: A Thorny Artist Makes for a Quirky Show Edgar Degas, Entrance of the Masked Dancers, c. 1879, pastel on gray wove paper. (Photo courtesy of The Clark Museum) ...

The newly gifted works will soon anchor a traveling exhibition.

While Degas played a critical role in the founding of the Impressionist Exhibition, he would only participate in seven of the eight held. He was often at odds with his contemporaries, expressing his ...

After a few delightful tiny seascapes, including a gorgeous black-and-orange sunset by the Impressionist precursor Eugene Boudin, Edgar Degas rapidly emerges as the show’s dominant figure.