Edgar Degas
(1834–1917, French)
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The Dance Class / La classe de danse
- Edgar Degas
- oil on canvas (83 × 77 cm) 1874
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) |
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| Ballet Rehearsal on Stage - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (65 x 81 cm) 1874 -Musée d'Orsay (Paris) |
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| The café-concert at "Les Ambassadeurs" - Edgar Degas - Pastell auf Monotypie (37 x 27 cm) 1876-77 - Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon) |
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| Two Dancers on Stage - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (62 x 46 cm) in 1877 - Courtauld Gallery (London) |
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| The Star (aka Dancer on the Stage) - Edgar Degas - pastel on paper (60 x 44 cm) 1878 - Musée d'Orsay (Paris) |
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| Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (117 × 78 cm) 1879 - National Gallery (London) |
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| Dancers in Blue - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas () 1895 - Musée d'Orsay (Paris) |
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| Four Dancers - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (151 x 180 cm) c.1899 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
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| Degas frequented the ballet performances at the new Paris Opera House. |
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- Edgar Degas
- oil on canvas (73 × 92 cm) 1873
- Musée des beaux-arts de Pau |
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| L’Absinthe (aka Dans un Café)
- Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (92 x 69 cm) 1873 - Musée d'Orsay (Paris) |
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| The Parade (Racehorses in Front of the Stands) - Edgar Degas - oil on canvas (46 x 61 cm) 1866-68 - Musée d'Orsay (Paris) |
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| Before the Race - Edgar Degas - oil on panel (26 × 35 cm) 1882-84 - The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore) |
Degas had done more than 300 paintings on racing horses. Watching ballet and derbies was upper-class pastimes.
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| Woman Combing her Hair / La Toilette - Edgar Degas - pastell (52 × 51 cm) c.1885 - State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) |
Unfortunately, he was blind and lived alone in the last twenty years of his life.
Famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.
Edgar Degas paintings
Impressionism – The influence of Photography
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| In the late 1880s, Degas also developed a passion for photograph |
Source: Wikipedia
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