apparently the film maker had repeatedly asked Degas if he could film him and each time was given a very firm 'no'. so, as the painter at this time was nearly blind (i suspect being guided down the street by his female companion) the film maker waited in a cafe for Degas to pass on his usual walk - and captured him on celluloid for posterity. amazing, isn't it - seeing such legendary figures on film.
The film clip is absolutely legitimate. ..Degas walking along the Boulevard de Clichy, from the film Ceux de Chez Nous by Sacha Guitry. C 1914... A still photo from the film is in the book, DEGAS, by: Robert Gordon and Andrew Forge. Thank you for posting!
hi! yes as you'll know i'm sure the footage is part of Jean Renoir's ancestor to record impressionist and post-impressionist painters - he also filmed Renoir and Monet, which i've also uploaded to my channel. the sculptor Rodin at work was also filmed. :)
yes, i wonder when autograph hunting began - we have to be content with these Degas autographs! www.artsignaturedictionary.com/artist/edgar.degas Degas didn't want to be filmed and the cameraman hide in a cafe on the artist's daily walk - as Degas had terrible eyesight in old age he didn't notice he was being filmed.
hi Apulia2001 this footage is lucky to have been captured as Degas refused to be filmed and the camera man sat in a cafe past which he knew the artist passed every day on a walk and, as the artist was nearly blind, he knew he'd be able to film him unnoticed - the first paparazzi! the woman walking near Degas helped/guided him on the walk.
merci beaucoup pour ce précieux renseignement ,je ne savais pas que ces artistes avaient été enregistrés ,je vais essayer d'écouter ces documents si je les trouve sur l'internet....
+Sash D apparently it was secretly filmed - Degas did not want to be filmed and the cameraman lay in wait along the artist's daily walk - he was practically blind so he didn't notice being filmed. glad you like this too!
This is not only Edgar Degas in the street, but he is filmed by Sacha Guitry a french director, actor, writter. I'm sure about that, it was presented at an exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. th-cam.com/video/4guGftrTsLA/w-d-xo.htmlm32s
intéressant et précieux document ....nous sommes boulevard de Clichy , peut-être au niveau des numéros 35-37 "americanbar et pianos Focké....Edgar Degas à cette époque habitait au 37 rue Victor Massé au dessus d'un marchand de cycles et en face du " Bal Tabarin "....
Hello, I am writing to you because I saw this video you posted on, Degas and others like it on Monet and Renoir showing the original footage of the painters in life. I would like to have a contact from him to find out how to find the source or archive from which they can be downloaded or purchased. I'm waiting Best wishes
yes, there are not many photos of him - i guess he was a private person - there is this one on old age cultured.com/image/5635/Edgar_Degas_French_artist/#.WLTCABBfdGx
ha! that's not Degas. He had several doubles/look alikes that walked around Paris to confuse people who wanted to bother him for interviews and other silly distractions. Degas was very cleaver and had a whole fleet of people who worked for him taking care of his daily needs (food and cigarette runs, alcohol runs, newspaper runs etc;)
Connaissez-vous la photo d'Edgar Degas sortant d'une vespasienne en 1889 ? www.journaldesfemmes.fr/loisirs/sorties/2585624-toilettes-histoire-wc-photos-expo-journee-mondiale-des-toilettes/2585650-edgar-degas-sortant-dune-vespasienne-rue-du-conservatoire-paris-en-1889-fondation-primoli
It would be so nice to think it was Degas... but I doubt it was. There is a vogue for spotting celebs in old footage - one guy saw Oscar Wilde frolicking about the Eiffel Tower in a white suit... hmm? Then again why did this photographer set his camera up for this mundane scene? Just to catch a few nonentities waddling about? Film was too precious for that, so maybe it was Degas after all. We know he was fascinated by photography... and women in various states of undress so maybe the girl with him was about to disrobe. Shudda shot that!
+willie otoole i saw that supposed footage of Oscar Wilde at the Paris Expo - only seen from the back and at such a distance it could have been anyone - no reason to suppose it was writer at all. this footage i think is real - the film maker shot two of the Impressionists - Renoir and Monet (Degas was better called a Post-Impressionist) and the sculptor Rodin - the film maker for all four films was Sacha Guitry (French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright) and his project here was called 'Ceux de Chez Nous'. Degas did not want to be filmed and as he was blind by the time of the project Sacha Guitry ambushed him on his usual daily walk to get the footage he wanted wikipedia outlines this project to catch these famous painters on film in their article called 'Ceux de chez nous (film, 1915)'
Douglas Druick, curator of European paintings at the Art Institute and co-curator, with John Leighton of London's National Gallery, said just that "I love Degas the artist," said of "Beyond Impressionism." "But I wouldn't cross the street to meet Degas the man."
![[60 fps] A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s / Un voyage à travers Paris, 1890](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fo_eZuOTBNc/mqdefault.jpg)
How wonderful to be able to see this footage of one of the artists I love most. Thank you!
apparently the film maker had repeatedly asked Degas if he could film him and each time was given a very firm 'no'. so, as the painter at this time was nearly blind (i suspect being guided down the street by his female companion) the film maker waited in a cafe for Degas to pass on his usual walk - and captured him on celluloid for posterity.
amazing, isn't it - seeing such legendary figures on film.
The film clip is absolutely legitimate. ..Degas walking along the Boulevard de Clichy, from the film Ceux de Chez Nous by Sacha Guitry. C 1914... A still photo from the film is in the book, DEGAS, by: Robert Gordon and Andrew Forge. Thank you for posting!
hi! yes as you'll know i'm sure the footage is part of Jean Renoir's ancestor to record impressionist and post-impressionist painters - he also filmed Renoir and Monet, which i've also uploaded to my channel. the sculptor Rodin at work was also filmed. :)
This is a gem. I wonder if, back then, they had Parisian autograph hounds getting Degas' signature.
yes, i wonder when autograph hunting began - we have to be content with these Degas autographs! www.artsignaturedictionary.com/artist/edgar.degas Degas didn't want to be filmed and the cameraman hide in a cafe on the artist's daily walk - as Degas had terrible eyesight in old age he didn't notice he was being filmed.
Wow! You have a knack for posting the most wonderful wisps of legend!
hi Apulia2001
this footage is lucky to have been captured as Degas refused to be filmed and the camera man sat in a cafe past which he knew the artist passed every day on a walk and, as the artist was nearly blind, he knew he'd be able to film him unnoticed - the first paparazzi! the woman walking near Degas helped/guided him on the walk.
merci beaucoup pour ce précieux renseignement ,je ne savais pas que ces artistes avaient été enregistrés ,je vais essayer d'écouter ces documents si je les trouve sur l'internet....
pas du tout - mon plaisir
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Renaissance Masters. Finding your clip makes me happy!
Thank you for downloading and sharing with us.
my first degree was in Fine Art and i've had a string interest ever since - did you see the footage i posted of Renoir and Monet?
Priceless! A little gem, thanks.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing
+Sash D apparently it was secretly filmed - Degas did not want to be filmed and the cameraman lay in wait along the artist's daily walk - he was practically blind so he didn't notice being filmed. glad you like this too!
This is not only Edgar Degas in the street, but he is filmed by Sacha Guitry a french director, actor, writter.
I'm sure about that, it was presented at an exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
th-cam.com/video/4guGftrTsLA/w-d-xo.htmlm32s
yes, who also filmed Monet and Renoir and Rodin
This film clip was mentioned in the book Little Dancer Aged Fourteen by Camille Laurens. Great to be able to see the footage she noted in the book.
and amazing to see the footage of Monet and Renoir and so on - gives these art giants life for a moment
Grande mestre !
love his ballet paintings !
me too - you can almost smell the resin and the watered floors!
Amazing as well
fooman65
good you saw this one too - not as interesting as the Monet or the Renoir as we do not see Degas at work
grandissimo!
absolutely! and amazing!
Wow... he walks like a normal person
+Eduardo M LOL!
intéressant et précieux document ....nous sommes boulevard de Clichy , peut-être au niveau des numéros 35-37 "americanbar et pianos Focké....Edgar Degas à cette époque habitait au 37 rue Victor Massé au dessus d'un marchand de cycles et en face du " Bal Tabarin "....
oui, tellement fort que Dega, Renoir et Monet ont été enregistrés!
And that’s the same umbrella he used to paint with.
A great genius. I was not aware the he was a "horrible person."
i had not heard anything about him being horrible - yes, a great unique genius!
@@JohnRaymondHall Certainly great artist, but a truly nasty Jew-hater, on the same level as Wagner.
I wonder if that woman that he is walking with is his artist friend Mary Cassatt.
I think he is around 80, its a random lady helper since he had been losing most of his vision. Secretly filmed him since he refused to get filmed :)
Mary Cassatt would have been much older
Hello,
I am writing to you because I saw this video you posted on, Degas and others like it on Monet and Renoir showing the original footage of the painters in life. I would like to have a contact from him to find out how to find the source or archive from which they can be downloaded or purchased.
I'm waiting
Best wishes
Still better than that fantastic 4 movie
+Ari Karim - more unique!
Love this mans work. Any photos of this man? Or did he shy away from all publicity?
yes, there are not many photos of him - i guess he was a private person -
there is this one on old age
cultured.com/image/5635/Edgar_Degas_French_artist/#.WLTCABBfdGx
Thanks for the link John, appreciated.
pleasure :)
he was very eccentric
A glimpse of Paris
before
the Great War
that Ended European Life as it was known
until then...
exactly - the world changed for ever
I like the old man with the beard because he was carrying a bag.
yes, and I wondered what he was carrying in that bag
ha! that's not Degas. He had several doubles/look alikes that walked around Paris to confuse people who wanted to bother him for interviews and other silly distractions. Degas was very cleaver and had a whole fleet of people who worked for him taking care of his daily needs (food and cigarette runs, alcohol runs, newspaper runs etc;)
Connaissez-vous la photo d'Edgar Degas sortant d'une vespasienne en 1889 ?
www.journaldesfemmes.fr/loisirs/sorties/2585624-toilettes-histoire-wc-photos-expo-journee-mondiale-des-toilettes/2585650-edgar-degas-sortant-dune-vespasienne-rue-du-conservatoire-paris-en-1889-fondation-primoli
Obviously would not be a fan of Instagram...
Count how many Burkas you see.
hi Hunter Austin
yes, eccentricity - a characteristic not uncommon in painters, van Gogh ... .
It would be so nice to think it was Degas... but I doubt it was. There is a vogue for spotting celebs in old footage - one guy saw Oscar Wilde frolicking about the Eiffel Tower in a white suit... hmm?
Then again why did this photographer set his camera up for this mundane scene? Just to catch a few nonentities waddling about? Film was too precious for that, so maybe it was Degas after all. We know he was fascinated by photography... and women in various states of undress so maybe the girl with him was about to disrobe. Shudda shot that!
+willie otoole
i saw that supposed footage of Oscar Wilde at the Paris Expo - only seen from the back and at such a distance it could have been anyone - no reason to suppose it was writer at all.
this footage i think is real - the film maker shot two of the Impressionists - Renoir and Monet (Degas was better called a Post-Impressionist) and the sculptor Rodin - the film maker for all four films was Sacha Guitry (French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright) and his project here was called 'Ceux de Chez Nous'.
Degas did not want to be filmed and as he was blind by the time of the project Sacha Guitry ambushed him on his usual daily walk to get the footage he wanted
wikipedia outlines this project to catch these famous painters on film in their article called 'Ceux de chez nous (film, 1915)'
ECCENTRIC
prove
mito
una leggenda
no you cant its a painting
Who's Edgar degas and why is this on the popular page.
+gigi black - an Impressionist painter, along with Auguste Renoir ... .
+gigi black Go and do some research.
andimatrus no need to be rude.
Great artist/horrible person.
Douglas Druick, curator of European paintings at the Art Institute and co-curator, with John Leighton of London's National Gallery, said just that "I love Degas the artist," said of "Beyond Impressionism." "But I wouldn't cross the street to meet Degas the man."
same goes for Picasso, probably only worse
i agree!
agreed!
The man who sold everything he had, his whole collection of art to put his brother back on his feet, and then had to start again.
Paparazzi?
+j. eliaz copca huerta si/yes! he was blind and the camera man waited at a cafe he knew Dega walked past each day.