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Ballet of La Source." In 1869 and 187o he restricted himself to portraits; but thenceforward he abandoned the Salons and attached himself to the Impressionists. With See also:

MANET, EDOUARD (1832-1883)

Manet and See also:

MONET, CLAUDE (184o- )

Monet he took the See also:

lead of the new school at its first See also:

EXHIBITION

exhibition in 1874, and repeatedly contributed to these exhibi, tions (in 1876, 1878, 1879 and 188o). In 1868 he had shown his first study of a dancer, and in numerous pastels he proclaimed himself the painter of the ballet, representing its figurantes in every attitude with more See also:

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant aim at truth than See also:

grace. Several of his See also:

WORKS

works may be seen at the Luxembourg See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery, to which they were bequeathed, among a collection of impressionist pictures, by M. Caillebotte. In 188o Degas showed his See also:

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of observation in a set of " Portraits of Criminals," and he attempted modelling in a " Dancer," in See also:

wax. He afterwards returned to his studies of the sporting See also:

WORLD

world, exhibiting in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1884 at the See also:

PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit Gallery two views of " Races " which had a See also:

GREAT

great success, proving the increasing See also:

VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue of the artist among collectors.

He is ranked with Manet as the See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the " impressionist school." At the eighth Impressionist Exhibition, in 1886, Degas continued his realistic studies of modern life, showing drawings of the nude, of workwomen, and of jockeys. Besides his pastels and his paintings of genre and portraits—among these, several likenesses of Manet—Degas also handled his favourite subjects in See also:

ETCHING (Dutch, etsen, to eat)

etching and in See also:

AQUATINT (Lat. aqua, water, and tincta, dyed)

aquatint; and executed several lithographs of " Singers at Cafes-See also:

CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert," of " Ballet-girls," and indeed of every possible subject of See also:

NIGHT

night-life and incidents behind the scenes. His work is to be seen not only at the Luxembourg but in many of the great private collections in Paris, in See also:

England and See also:

AMERICA

America. In the See also:

CENTENARY (from Lat. centenarius, of or belonging to a hundred, from centeni, distributive of centum, hundred)

Centenary Exhibition of 1900 he exhibited " The Interior of a See also:

Cotton-See also:

BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

Broker's See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office at New See also:

Orleans " (belonging to the Museum at See also:

Pau) and " The See also:

REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)

Rehearsal." See also G. See also:

Moore, " Degas, the Painter of Modern Life," See also:

MAGAZINE

Magazine of See also:

Art (189o); J. K. See also:

Huysmans, Certains (Paris, 1889); G. See also:

GEFFROY, MATHIEU AUGUSTE (1820-1895)

Geffroy, La See also:

Vie Artistique (3a Serie, Paris, 1894). DE GEER, See also:

LOUIS See also:

GERHARD, See also:

BARON (1818-1896), See also:

SWEDISH

Swedish statesman and writer, was born on the 18th of July 1818 at Finspang See also:

castle. He adopted the legal profession, and in 1855 became See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

GOTA

Gota Hofret, or See also:

lord See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of one of the Swedish supreme courts. From the 7th of See also:

APRIL

April 1858 to the 3rd of See also:

JUNE

June 187o he was See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of justice. As a member of the Upper See also:

House he took See also:

PART

part in all the Swedish Riksdags from 1851 onwards, though he seldom spoke.

From 1867 to 1878 he was the member for See also:

STOCKHOLM

Stockholm in the first chamber, and introduced and passed many useful reformatory statutes; but his greatest achievement, as a statesman, was the reform of the Swedish representative See also:

SYSTEM

system, whereby he substituted a bi-cameral elective See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, on modern lines, for the existing cumber-some See also:

REPRESENTATION

representation by estates, a survival from the later See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages. This great measure was accepted by the Riksdag in December 1865, and received the royal See also:

SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction on the 22nd of June 1866. For some See also:

time after this De Geer was the most popular See also:

man in See also:

Sweden. He retired from the See also:

MINISTRY

ministry in 187o, but took office again, as minister of justice, in 1875. In 1876 he became minister of See also:

state, which position he retained till April 188o, when the failure of his repeated efforts to See also:

settle the armaments' question again induced him to resign. From 1881 to 1888 he was See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

UNIVERSITIES

universities of See also:

UPSALA, or UPPSALA

Upsala and See also:

Lund. Besides several novels and aesthetic essays, De Geer has written a few See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

MEMOIRS

memoirs of supreme merit both as to See also:

style and See also:

MATTER

matter, the most notable of which are: Minnesteckning ofver A. J. v. See also:

HOPKEN, ANDERS JOHAN, COUNT VON (1712—1789)

Hopken (Stockholm, 1881); Minnesteckning bfver Hans Jarta (Stockholm, 1874); Minnesteckning ofver B. B. von Platen (Stockholm, 1886); and his own Minnen (Stockholm, 1892), an autobiography, invaluable as a See also:

HISTORICAL

historical document, in which the political experience and the matured judgments of a lifetime are recorded with singular clearness, sobriety and See also:

CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

charm. See Sveriges historia (Stockholm, 1881, &c.), vi.; Carl Gustaf Malmstrom, Historiska Studier (Stockholm, 1897). (R.

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