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Who painted the series rehearsal?
Degas
The Rehearsal is one of Degas’ first paintings of the ballet, a subject he continued to paint for the rest of his life. In 1888 Vincent van Gogh’s brother Theo bought this work from fellow dealer Georges Petit for 5,220 French francs.
What medium did Degas use to draw rehearsal on the stage?
The painting incorporates the use of the solvent turpentine with oil paint, ink drawing, pastel, and watercolor (see Technical Notes).
When did Degas start painting dancers?
The wax model of a dancer in a tutu standing in a glass case was undoubtedly Degas’s Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. When it was first shown, at the sixth Impressionist exhibition in 1881, the work was adorned with a real costume and hair.
Where is the Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage located?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage/Locations
When was the rehearsal painted?
1873–1873
Ballet Rehearsal/Created
Why did Edgar Degas paint ballet dancers?
Degas was obsessed by the art of classical ballet, because to him it said something about the human condition. He was not a balletomane looking for an alternative world to escape into. Dance offered him a display in which he could find, after much searching, certain human secrets.
How did Edgar Degas depict ballet dancers?
Drawings. Degas’ pastel drawings of dancers are among his most well-known works. 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.
Why did Edgar Degas paint the ballet class?
He was a regular visitor to the Paris opera house, where he produced several paintings and pastel drawings of young ballerinas performing on stage, but mostly he preferred to paint them in the more relaxed setting of the dance class, while they were rehearsing.