For the first time in New England have the paintings of Degas, the foremost artist of the age, been placed on exhibition in the Fogg Art Museum. Never before has Harvard College taken such a prominent position in the encouragement of Fine Arts. The present collection, although small, is as important as any exhibition of Degas that has ever been put before the public. Some of his most widely known masterpieces are on view, and the different periods of his style are well represented. There are on exhibition "The Ballet Girls," the well-known "Interior," "Femme Au Tub," "Rehearsal of the Ballet in the Foyer," "Au Champ de Courses," "Danseuses--foyer de la dance;" and perhaps his most famous work, "Race Horses."

Degas is the embodiment of the 19th century tendencies, with an admixture of the Renaissance technique. Though for many years he remained unrecognized outside an ever widening circle of appreciative friends, he is now considered by many critics to be the master hand of the last fifty years.