Cap Ferrat
ca 1890
Most people know Edgar Degas for his dancers, but around 1890 he took a fascinating detour into dreamy, imaginary landscapes. This view of Cap Ferrat uses soft, sweeping strokes of green and blue to capture the hazy, sun-drenched feeling of the French Riviera coast from high above. It looks almost like a fading memory of a place rather than a sharp photograph, proving that even the most famous Impressionists liked to experiment with totally new subjects.
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