Beach Scene

Edgar Degas

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Work Overview

Beach Scene
Edgar Degas
Original Title: Bains de mer, petite fille peignée par sa bonne
Date: 1877
Style: Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: Oil (essence) on paper on canvas
Dimensions: 47.5 x 82.9 cm
Location: National Gallery, London, UK


his picture has been dated to about 1876-77 but it may have been painted as early as the late 1860s. It was exhibited at the third Impressionist exhibition in 1877. It is almost certain that the central group of a young girl and maid was posed in the studio. In treatment the painting is distinct from the 'open-air' beach scenes of the artist's contemporaries, Claude-Oscar Monet and Eugène Boudin.