Ballet Dancer Paintings Edgar Degas

In 1873 the great opera baritone jean baptiste faure commissioned from degas a picture depicting ballerinas of the opera ballet corps at an examination or dance class pantazzi 1988. At first glance degas has rendered the sort of pretty innocent world one might associate with a 6 year olds first recital. The coteries of young women in flowering tutus who populate the approximately 1500 paintings monotypes and drawings degas dedicated to the ballet are among the french artists most universally beloved artworks.
ballet dancer paintings (edgar degas)

The white tutus depicted here are the practice dress worn by the younger dance.

Ballet dancer paintings edgar degas. Degas pastel drawings of dancers are among his most well known works. Hilaire germain edgar degas the dancers in degass painting are clouded in a mist of tulle but two striking heads of red hair seem to anchor the blurred forms moving in space. Aria after the ballet painting. Faure became a major collector of impressionist paintings and eventually the owner of the largest collection of degass paintings in france.

The recently opened opera house designed by charles garnier a landmark building in haussmanns new paris was one of the places frequented by edgar degas who devoted much of his artistic career to the world of ballet from 1874 onwards. More from this artist similar designs. The artist who regarded dance as an essential vehicle for studying the human figure in movement. Many of the pieces including the star 1878 capture the spectacle of the ballet through idealized compositions frenzied sketches and backdrops spotlit with saturated color.

More from this artist similar designs. Ballet dancers on the stage painting. Arms and legs curve and stretch delicate white skirts toss and sway. More from this artist similar designs.