
The nude body became more often depicted Degas with the advent of the 1880s. The pastel “Taz” was written in 1886, and it depicts a girl who seemed not at all suspicious that someone was watching her.
An artist who has achieved a high level of mastery does not stop in his creative search, and continues to search for a technique that allows each movement to be transmitted with maximum accuracy, so he returns to the previous topics several times, trying to achieve an ideal result.
Get the most expressiveness on the canvas, contrasts help him, when he, then clearly distinguishes the naked body, then, as it were, “cheats” it and drapery.
To convey the depth of the room, Degas depicts in the foreground a shelf with accessories for washing, which in the picture takes up a third of the entire composition.
After the Bath by Edgar Degas
Portrait of Mademoiselle Helen Roar by Edgar Degas
In anticipation of entering the stage by Edgar Degas
After bathing by Edgar Degas
Self-portrait. Engraving by Edgar Degas
Four dancers by Edgar Degas
Hair combing by Edgar Degas
Miss Lala in the circus of Fernando by Edgar Degas