Dancers 1878 by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!

It's really about two things: movement and those luscious red flowers. . .

1878

Dancer tilting and dancer with bouquet by Degas

Wednesday with Edgar Degas!

Two fine examples of Degas's obsession with movement and the moment of action:

circa 1883
circa 1877

Portrait of Edma Pontillon by Morisot

Tuesday with Berthe Morisot!

Edma was Berthe's sister and an equally remarkable painter in her own right. She gave up painting when she married.

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, 1871

Richard and Pauline's Portugal notes

[ For anyone reading this journal you know that we met up with our British friends Richard and Pauline in Porto,  31 January to 6 February 2...