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Artist: Edgar Degas
Medium: Poster
Size: 35" x 28"
.........89 x 71cm
Item #: 3028
Name: The Dance Class
Price Unframed: $27.50
Price Framed: $87.50
About this item...
c. 1874
Oil on canvas.
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Certain subjects fascinated Degas throughout his long
career -- the body in motion, epitomized by the ballet,
racehorses, and the female form in postures of daily
life, both intimate and public. He painted in oils but
was a consummate master of the medium of pastel, which
allowed him to work rapidly and to capture the fluidity
of motion and the nuances of light. He also produced a
number of exquisite wax sculptures that were cast in
bronze only after his death. Although a life-long
bachelor, this leading exponent of Impressionism was
devoted to observing and recording the feminine in his
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