Metropolitan Museum- Manet & Degas Exhibition

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054

Title: In a Café (The Absinthe Drinker) Artist: Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris) Date: 1875–76 Geography: Country of Origin France Culture: French Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 36 1/4 × 26 15/16 in. (92 × 68.5 cm) Framed: 45 7/8 × 36 7/16 in. (116.5 × 92.5 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1984) Degas drew inspiration for the setting of this painting from the Café de la Nouvelle-Athènes, where he often met Manet and other artists in their circle, including Marcellin Desboutin, seen here at right. His framing of the composition places the viewer at a nearby table looking toward the pair of drinkers, whose indifference to one another and their surroundings imparts a sense of modern urban alienation. The actress Ellen Andrée posed for the weary-looking female figure, giving her a slumped posture and downturned expression. Degas intended to include the work in the second Impressionist exhibition, in 1876, but ultimately showed it the following year. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/845054