The Dancing Class
Painting by Edgar Degas
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| Artist | Edgar Degas |
| Year | c. 1870 |
| Type | oil painting on wood |
| Dimensions | 19.7 cm × 27 cm (7.8 in × 11 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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]
See also
- The Ballet Class
References
- ^ "The Dancing Class". Metropolitan Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ Galitz, Kathryn Calley; Miller, Asher Ethan; Rabinow, Rebecca A.; Rewald, Sabine; Stein, Susan Alyson; Tinterow, Gary (2007). Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-58839-240-4.
External links
- Impressionism: a centenary exhibition, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on The Dancing Class (p. 94-98)
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