Art Film

Tuesday, October 9

Vineyard Center, 7 pm

Art Film for October 2018

On October 9th, Tuesday at 7:00 P.M. at the Vineyard Center the video The Impressionists: Degas, part of the Great Artists series produced by Kulter will be shown. Degas was not just a French  artist of  theater and dancer pastels.

In the video, we will see the only painting of The Cotton Office in New Orleans which Degas finished during his 1872 visit to his family in America. This visit was a significant turning point because here both his history and Creole family merged into art. The Civil War's aftermath had not been favorable. Upon his return to Paris, his father died. For the first time, he had to earn a living from his work. Degas used his sketches from this visit to create moderately successful works. The only painting in his lifetime purchased by a museum was The Cotton Office.

Art Historians struggle in presenting Degas the man, favoring the artist which circumvents addressing his increasing personal unpopularity. We never get an understanding of his own connection to his work. A woman at an exhibit is to have said, "I don't care for you but I love your work." To which he replied, "Madame. It is the whole Degas, who wishes to be beloved."

Join us on Tuesday, October 9th in the Vineyard Center at 7:00 P.M. to discover Degas as both man and artist.

Presented by the Villages Arts and Crafts Association.

by Pam Oliver Lyons

There will be a Door Prize, a Degas print, donated by Betty Stednitz.