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Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town - Edgar Degas - Hand Painted Oil Painting brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This cityscape oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine impressionist canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.
c. 1876-78
Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine on paper mounted on canvas
Private collection.
DEGAS HAD NOT BEEN THE First nineteenth-century artist to paint laundresses. Daumier had done a series of them in which he curiously ennobled the typical washerwoman of the Paris streets bearing her heavy basket and tugging a child after her. Degas' version is more gracious and more decorative, and typically has set one figure against the other, enjoying the contrast of poses, the repetition of shapes in the turned heads and the baskets of fresh linen. His outlines are at the same time secure and fluid; and, as often, he has studied the thrust of the figure in action, balancing its load. He has further composed the figures to suggest a moment: one laundress moves to the left, the other to the right as though they were passing and about to move away from one another. The bright color (particularly in the yellow background on the right) thrusts the figures forward, stressing their silhouettes. In a lesser artist the picture would have turned into a mere poster, but, so strong is Degas' feeling for the simplified forms and so sensitively does he contrast the modeled heads with the summary treatment of the rest, that the work is remarkably solid in effect. The influence of Oriental art is clearly apparent in the large flat areas and in the contours which remind one of Japanese prints.
Collectors often choose this cityscape image when searching for cityscape oil painting that feels substantial rather than decorative or disposable.
Trained artists work in stages — underpainting, mid-tones, highlights, and detail — using traditional oils on canvas. Because nothing is printed, every hand painted oil painting has its own subtle texture and depth.
For office wall decor that does not feel generic, a painted cityscape canvas is hard to beat. It is a popular cityscape oil painting pick for new homeowners and a durable alternative to seasonal poster art.
Order Laundresses Carrying Linen in Town as a hand painted oil painting on canvas and add lasting impressionist character to your home office. Custom sizes, a digital proof before dispatch, and secure worldwide shipping are included.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $68.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $106.48 |
| 30 X 40 in | $146.98 |
| 36 X 48 in | $195.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $379.98 |
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