Edgar Degas - Not The Typical Impressionist

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as Monet, Morisot, Renoir, Manet, and Degas himself
would display their best works of art for criticism. At the Salons Degas's
work, like everyone else's wasn't looked upon highly. Most people didn't
realize how great these artists were until after they died.
Degas went through many styles of art before finally settling on
Realism. He went through a stage where he was painting and drawing in the
Classical style. He realized that he was not really a Classicist or an
Impressionist, but a Realist. Degas differed from other artists of the
time in that he did not like to paint landscapes. He liked to draw and
paint people going about their normal business, almost like taking
photograph. This is shown in his work, The Belleli Family. You can see by
looking at it that the family is in a relaxed state. The father isn't even
looking at the “camera”. The little girl on the right is shifting her
position at the moment. Degas did not like to make paintings necessarily
pretty. He ...

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