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While he respected the tradition of the old Masters, Degas drew his inspiration from scenes of modern Paris, especially
the ballet dancers of the Paris Opera.Related Artists included: Ando HIROSHIGE, Marie LAURENCIN, Henry de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Utamaro, James Abbot McNeill WHISTLER
KEY WORKS
Madame Rene de Gas
Four Dancers
Girl Drying Herself
Young Spartans 1854-1859: -
Tate
Gallery London
The Dance Foyer at the Opera 1872:
LOUVRE Paris
The Dance Class 1874:
MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris
Woman Drying Herself 1903:
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Dancers in Pink
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON
Woman Arranging Her Hair Ordrupgaard-Samlingen Copenhagen
Dancers in the Foyer
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
The Repetition Burrell Collection Glasgow
Jockeys National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
After the Bath Bridgestone Museum of Art Tokyo
The Rehearsal of a Ballet
MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris
Nursemaids Norton-Simon Museum Pasadena
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The Bellelli Family 1858 -
MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris
L'Absinthe 1876 -
MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris
The Tub 1886 -
MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris/
The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"- 1872 -
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Dancers in rose and green around 1890 |
The Ballet Class 1885/1890 |
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original oil on canvas is in the MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris Orchestra at the Opera 1868-9 original is in the MUSEE d'ORSAY Paris The Orchestra pit of the Paris Opera highlighting Degas' friend the bassoonist Desire Dihau.
Frieze of Dancers Cleveland Museum of Art Purchase from the Hanna Fund
Little Dancer, Aged 14 (Polychrome Bronze, Muslin, Satin and Wood Base Original is in the Tate Gallery This figure of a 14 year old dancer was created in wax c.1879-81. and was the only sculpture Degas exhibited during his lifetime. When first exhibited in wax it was dressed in a muslin tutu. Casts are in international museum collections, including the Tate, the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Musee d'Orsay in Paris. On february 3 2009 a bronze figure, one of a handful of casts remaining in private hands was sold by UK collector and philanthopist John Madejski . It fetched a record 13.3 million pounds, being bought by a private bidder in Asia.
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