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| The Milliney Shop by Edgar Degas (1882-86) |
Hello you guys!! I'm sorry that I have not posted in a while but I have been very busy. This post is about my time at the traveling exhibit of 'Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity.' This event was very nice. It was so nice that we went Saturday and Sunday. It took us about 3 hours to go through on Saturday and it took us about 5 hours to go through on Sunday. There was a line outside of the door to the museum. It only took about 30 min. to get through. There was another line outside of the exhibition which was a 45 min. wait but it did not take that long. When we got inside, the walls were covered in different qoutes like: " La Parisiene is not in Fashion, she is Fashion" or "There are only two ways to be a Parisiene: By birth or by dress." both of these qoutes are by Arsene Houssaye Laritiste. there were lots of old clothes like: Dresses, hats, Gloves, paresals, boots, fans, ect. the portrait at the top titled " The Milliney Shop" is my sisters favorite painting that we saw at the exhibition. The painting was painted in 1882 and finished in 1886 by Edgar Degas (the s is silent). It's a 39 3/8 x 45 5/8 inch oil on canvas painting. The amazing thing about this painting is that you could not really see the brush strokes well which gives this painting a very soft look. across from this painting was a huge glass cage-like thing that held hats and shoes.
( picture to the right) the shoes and hats were all from the 1800s and it was amazing to see. My favorite painting is titled "The Shop Girl" painted by James Tissot in 1883 and finished in 1885. this beautiful master piece is on a 57 1/2 x 40inch oil on canvas. What is really spectacular to me in this painting is first its size, as I said before its a 57 1/2 x 40inch canvas and this picture does not do it justice. The colors that James Tissot chose for this painting are so colorful and expressive. you can clearly see the brush strokes and texture in the painting. this piece truly represents fashion to me in the 1800s.
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| The Shop Girl by James Tissot (1883-85) |
I am so happy that we were able to experience a small portion of the French fashion in the 1800. I am so thankful that are museum was one of the stopping points. I hope that you guys go see it and love it just as much as I did.
-Ashley
