Degas ballet paintings

E190130

Degas ballet paintings are a renowned series of works by Edgar Degas that depict ballet dancers in rehearsals, performances, and behind-the-scenes moments, celebrated for their innovative compositions and intimate, candid realism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic motif
series of paintings
artisticFocus everyday life of performers
gesture
movement
countryOfOrigin France
creator Edgar Degas
culturalSignificance iconic representation of ballet in Western art
major contribution to Impressionist exploration of modern life
depicts ballet dancers
ballet performances
ballet rehearsals
behind-the-scenes ballet moments
endTime early 1900s
genre dance painting
genre painting
heldInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art
Musée d'Orsay
National Gallery of Art
The Phillips Collection
influencedBy Japanese prints
photography
mainLocationDepicted Paris
movement Impressionism
Realism
notableWork Blue Dancers
Ballet Rehearsal
surface form: Dancers Practicing at the Barre

Dancers at the Old Opera House
Dancers in Pink
Rehearsal on Stage
The Dance Class
surface form: The Ballet Class

The Dance Class
The Star
Rehearsal on Stage
surface form: Two Dancers on a Stage
shows backstage areas
on-stage performances
practice rooms
startTime 1870s
styleCharacteristic candid observation
cropped viewpoints
innovative compositions
intimate realism
unusual angles
techniqueUsed mixed media
oil painting
pastel
timePeriod late 19th century
typicalSubject dance instructors
orchestra pit
young female dancers

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Ballet Rehearsal partOfSeries Degas ballet paintings
The Dance Class partOfSeries Degas ballet paintings
The Tub partOfSeries Degas ballet paintings
this entity surface form: Degas’s series of women at their toilette
Women Ironing partOf Degas ballet paintings
this entity surface form: Degas’s series on laundresses
Rehearsal on Stage partOf Degas ballet paintings
this entity surface form: Edgar Degas’s ballet series