Degas Author:Robert Gordon, Andrew Forge Edgar Degas was the most complex of all nineteenth century painters. A very private man who scorned publicity, Degas remains one of the least understood artists of his generation. Although he is known for his depiction of modern subjects -- racecourse scenes, cafe-concerts, ballet dancers, bathers -- his was a classical art based upon drawing an... more »d a long study of the masters; and although he exhibited with the Impressionists, who were primarily landscape painters, he sought to salvage the figure as the central subject of painting. Now, this new biographical and critical stufy by the authots of the celebrated books Monet and The Last Flowers of Monet brings to light fresh insights on the art, working methods, and relentless eye of Degas.« less