Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1883‒Sussex, United Kingdom, 1946
throughout his lifetime, and his stewardship of public arts institutions—from ballets to theaters
The vast expanse of such a garden park with fountains and theaters made maintenance
Unusual vantage points and asymmetrical framing are a consistent theme throughout Degas’s works.
he showed little interest in painting plein-air landscapes, favoring scenes in theaters
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
imaginary, visions of the flashy, exuberant, and hedonistic world of brothels and theaters
This room, installed in gallery 724, comes from a townhouse for the Baltimore, Maryland, merchant and shipowner Henry Craig (1767–1832). Although it served as the Craig family’s parlor, the Museum has furnished the space as a dining room since the American Wing opened in 1924
that era, chandeliers were occasionally seen in American public places such as theaters
