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- Title
The 'Philistine' and the New Art Critic: A new perspective on the debate about Degas's L'Absinthe of 1893.
- Authors
Morse-Jones, Kimberley
- Abstract
The article focuses on the criticism to the Edgar Degas's art exhibition "L'Absinthe" at the Grafton Gallery in London, England in 1893. It says that the painting depicts vulgar content, reflects anxiety of the Victorians and indicates their wariness of foreign art. It states that critics find the exhibition as repellant and give it a judicious review that comments on the reception of the people to Degas's paintings. Elizabeth Robins Pennell praises the exhibition and expresses that the painting showcase a grim in its realism yet incomparable in its art. It also notes others critics view who speaks of the exhibition as a picture of incited hostility.
- Subjects
LONDON (England); ENGLAND; ART criticism; ART exhibitions; DEGAS, Edgar, 1834-1917; ART critics; ATTRIBUTION of paintings; THEMES in painting; PENNELL, Elizabeth Robbins
- Publication
British Art Journal, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 2, p50
- ISSN
1467-2006
- Publication type
Article