Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The most simple of subjects is presented with an angular fluency and dash characteristic of Cassatt's best work, which is not surprising given her love of gardens and flowers. ‪#‎WomensHistoryMonth‬

Featured Artwork of the Day: Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926) | Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas a la Fenetre) | ca. 1880–83http://met.org/1QK1SqA

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917) |

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Happy birthday to French artist Edgar Degas, known for his penetrating and sometimes disturbing depictions of late 19th-century Parisian society. See his "Dancers in Green and Yellow" on view now in our Thannhauser Collection gallery: http://gu.gg/PLqv8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Enjoy this striking self-portrait, chosen by Leatitia Raiciulescu, Associate Collections Information Specialist, to celebrate Edgar Degas’s birthday. Learn more about the artist and view a slideshow of his paintings and drawings: http://met.org/1M8hR1k

Featured Artwork of the Day: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) | Self-Portrait | ca. 1855-56 http://met.org/1K5PvS7

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

Edgar Degas, born today in 1834, used fellow artist Mary Cassatt as the model for this work. http://bit.ly/1fgdu6l

[Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas. "At the Milliner's." (c. 1882)]