Man of contradictions, it's said that he hated flowers, animals, women, children and also Jews.
Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) is the most controversial personality of Impressionism. Man of contradictions, it's said that he hated flowers, animals, women, children and also Jews. Austere, elitist, unsympathetic, misogynist... He was nevertheless appreciated by many of his contemporaries. Among his (very) many friends, we're surprised to find all the women of impressionism: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and Marie Bracquemond.