25,6" EDGAR DEGAS "Rehearsal on Stage" painting not oil printed on canvas
EDGAR DEGAS (1834 –1917)
Ready to be hang on the wall. Canvas on the wooden frame.
Medium: printed on canvas panel
Diagonal: 25,6" or 65,2 cm.
Size: 21,7" x 13,8" (in) or 55 x 35 cm.
Date: c. 1874. w / C. of Attribution.
Please note that this is a reproduction printed on canvas.
The size may differ from how it looks in the photo.
Color can be slightly different from the picture.
Edgar Degas (born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De
Gas, French) was a French artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil
paintings of ballerinas. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and
drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than
half of his works depict dancers. Although Degas is regarded as one of the
founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a
realist, and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did. Degas was a
superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be
seen in his rendition of dancers and bathing female nudes. In addition to
ballet dancers and bathing women, Degas painted race horses and racing jockeys,
as well as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological
complexity and for their portrayal of human isolation. At the beginning of his
career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well
prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classical art. In
his early thirties, he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods
of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, he became a
classical painter of modern life.
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