Estérel Village
c. 1890
Most people know Edgar Degas for his ballerinas and racehorses, but his later landscapes are a fascinating, moody departure from his famous Parisian scenes. Painted around 1890 during a trip to the south of France, this hazy, reddish hillside captures the rugged terrain of the Estérel massif with loose, almost abstract brushstrokes. The warm, dusty pinks and muted greens suggest a landscape baking in the Mediterranean sun, showing how the master of movement turned his attention to the quiet, atmospheric stillness of nature.
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