Degas and Rodin: an odd couple that fit together perfectly at dealer's show
Their backgrounds might have made them strange bedfellows: Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the lawyer turned publicity-shy painter and printmaker, and Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), the sculptor from a working-class background who achieved fame with his large, often controversial works.
But sculptures of the two Parisians sit comfortably side by side, as prime examples of how these t…