Degas and the Laundress
Degas and the Laundress An exploration of Edgar Degas's laundress works and their significance within broader debates art, urban life, and women's work in the nineteenth centuryEdgar Degas's…
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Degas and the Laundress
An exploration of Edgar Degas's laundress works and their significance within broader debates art, urban life, and women's work in the nineteenth centuryEdgar Degas's depictions of Parisian laundresses are some of the famed Impressionist's most revolutionary works. Laundresses washing, ironing, and carrying heavy baskets of clothing were a highly visible presence within late nineteenth-century Paris, and their job was difficult, dangerous, and poorly paid. In paintings, drawings, and prints throughout his long career, Degas emphasized the strenuousness of women's labor and highlighted social-class divides in his idiosyncratic avant-garde style.
Degas's portrayals of this harsh and complicated life were included in his most significant exhibitions and were praised by artists and critics of Indeed, many laundresses were forced to supplement their income through prostitution.
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