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Article: Degas in New Orleans, sans the ballerinas.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)(Art)(Southern Inspiration)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 25, 1999
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Edgar Degas is famous for his paintings of Parisian ballet dancers, weary French laundresses, and equestrian motifs.
But there is another, less familiar side to the French Impressionist that took shape thousands of miles away from his native Paris in a city known for its seedy secrets and legends whispered behind closed doors.
In 1872, the up-and-coming artist journeyed to New Orleans, the birthplace of his mother.
When Degas set foot in the city, he was greeted by his mother's family, the Mussons, as well as a bewildering sprawl of dazzling light, furious heat, and a throng of bodies - as many black as white. For Degas, New Orleans was ...