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The Dance Class is an 1874 oil painting on canvas by the French artist Edgar Degas. [1] It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [2]The painting and its companion work in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, are amongst the most ambitious works by Degas on the theme of ballet.
The Dancing Class is an oil painting on wood executed ca. 1870 by the French artist Edgar Degas. It was the first of Degas's "ballet pictures". The painting depicts a dancing class at the Paris Opéra. [1] The dancer in the center is Joséphine Gaujelin (or Gozelin). [2]
The Ballet Class (French: La Classe de danse) is an oil painting on canvas created between 1874 and 1876 by the French artist Edgar Degas. [1] The painting depicts a group of ballet dancers at the end of a lesson, led by ballet master Jules Perrot. [1]
Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. [3] Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism , he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist , [ 4 ] and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did.
The Dance Lesson (sometimes known as The Dancing Lesson) is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Edgar Degas created around 1879. It is currently kept at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. There is at least one other work by Degas by this title, also made in about 1879, which is a pastel. [1]
Pages in category "Paintings by Edgar Degas" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... The Dance Class (Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art)