Gail Feigenbaum, the museum's curator of painting, says there is no way to be sure if Degas's art "would have looked the same if he had not come here," but she is convinced that "the visual experience of New Orleans transferred to his aesthetics." Some critics have suggested that the colors of New Orleans had a lasting impact on Degas, and the city's influence has been found in works he completed Read the rest of this entry

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