Degas And New Orleans: A French Impressionist in America

by Gail Feigenbaum

A fascinating account of Edgar Degas's 1872 visit to New Orleans, the only time a French Impressionist visited the United States, offers color and black-and-white illustrations that capture the unique connection that existed between the cultures of France and Louisiana.

Genres: Art

301 pages, Hardcover

First published August 15, 1993

About the author

Gail Feigenbaum is an American art historian and specialist in Renaissance and Baroque art. She studied at Oberlin College and earned her doctorate in art history at Princeton.
Until 2020, she was an associate director at the Getty Research Institute.

Reviews

[Jaimesummer Sammons · Rating 4 out of 5]

Degas?Good!New Orleans?Good!You don't often hear enough about the French Impressionist traveling to America,good story.

[Stamen Parushev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thorough examination of Degas' family, cousans, brothers and relative in New Orleans and less attention to his art in the text