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1869, Edgar Degas, Fishing Boat at the Entrance to the Port of Dives [pastel] -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Degas made more than forty pastel seascapes after a trip to Normandy during the summer of 1869Following many of his contemporaries to the French coast, including Manet, whom he visited at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Degas chose to emphasize the sea and sky in his compositions rather than the promenades of beachgoers that were popular subjects for his peers. It is likely that Degas worked at least partially en plein air, making notes on the effects of light, atmosphere, and color before returning to the studio to complete these works, which depict identifiable locations.
1869, Edgar Degas, Fishing Boat at the Entrance to the Port of Dives [pastel] -- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
From the museum label: Degas made more than forty pastel seascapes after a trip to Normandy during the summer of 1869Following many of his contemporaries to the French coast, including Manet, whom he visited at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Degas chose to emphasize the sea and sky in his compositions rather than the promenades of beachgoers that were popular subjects for his peers. It is likely that Degas worked at least partially en plein air, making notes on the effects of light, atmosphere, and color before returning to the studio to complete these works, which depict identifiable locations.