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Q: When was At the Milliner's painted?

Degas painted this in 1879, during his most productive period of depicting modern Parisian life and its social rituals.

Q: What medium did Degas use?

This work is an oil on canvas. Degas used both oil and pastel to capture everyday scenes of Parisian shops and entertainments.

Q: Why did Degas paint millinery shops?

Degas painted many scenes of women trying on hats at Parisian milliners. These works let him explore color, texture, and the gestures of women absorbed in an everyday activity.

Edgar Degas painted this scene of a milliner's shop in 1879, showing women examining hats. The oil on canvas captures a fleeting moment of modern Parisian life with his characteristic unconventional angles and cropped compositions.

Degas created a series of millinery scenes, fascinated by the interplay between shopkeepers and customers in these intimate commercial spaces. His observation of contemporary urban life defined much of his work.

Degas painted this in 1879, during his most productive period of depicting modern Parisian life and its social rituals.

This work is an oil on canvas. Degas used both oil and pastel to capture everyday scenes of Parisian shops and entertainments.

Degas painted many scenes of women trying on hats at Parisian milliners. These works let him explore color, texture, and the gestures of women absorbed in an everyday activity.

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