After the Bath (Woman Drying Herself) (detail), about 1886, Edgar Degas. Pastel on paper laid down on board. The J. Paul Getty Museum

Edgar Degas was a 19th century French impressionists that is highly celebrated in the fine arts for not only being a painter but a sculptor as well. At the Getty museum I was able to see one of his pieces titled “After the Bath.” It’s a beautiful pastel drawing created with a rough impressionistic layered surface. He took a Japonisme approach, drawing inspiration from Japanese prints being that he owned one by Torii Kiyonaga which in relation was titled “Two Women at the Bath.” Degas was able to create his own masterful interpretation capturing the Japanese compositional style, and distinct angles represented in the human figures in his impressionistic approach.