Climate activist sentenced for defacing Degas sculpture case at National Gallery A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas ...

Edgar Degas’s early masterpiece evoked a scene that was ahead of its time and beyond mere words Like many artists, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) had a competitive relationship with literature. He ...

Climate activists targeted the renowned “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture when they smeared its glass case and pedestal with black and red paint Thursday that left onlookers stunned.

“Edgar Degas: A Multimedia Artist in the Age of Impressionism," on view at The Clark through Oct. 6, which Foa curated with Anne Leonard, Manton curator of prints, drawings and photographs, pulls ...

In April, protesters identified at the time as Joanna Smith, 53, of New York, and Tim Martin, 54, of Raleigh, N.C., smeared paint on the case protecting Degas’s 1881 sculpture “Little Dancer ...

Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas, called Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French painter and sculptor. Ca. 1865. Photo: adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images. Brian Boucher May 2, 2024 Share Share This Article.

Edgar Degas (1834–1917), born in Paris, France, was a prominent artist famous for his contributions to Impressionism, though he preferred to be called a realist.

Edgar Degas, “Family Portrait (The Bellelli Family),” circa 1858-1869, is a masterwork from Degas’s early career, in a show that tends to put the spotlight on Manet’s blockbusters.

A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.