Slow Art Sunday - Degas

Today, Slow Art Sunday brings you classically trained French artist, Edgar Degas and “The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage”.  If you have school children, you know that June is spent wrapping up classes, lessons and attending recitals and Degas spent many hours observing and painting ballet dancers.  He produced approximately 1,500 paintings, prints and drawings on this theme during his lifetime.

He experimented with a wide variety of media (including sculpture) and was acclaimed for his depiction of Parisian life.  This 1874 painting includes oils, watercolours and pastels – mixed media!

If you’re planning a trip to New York City this fall, you may like to take in the Degas/Manet exhibition that starts September 24 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met).  The work of two friends, and sometimes rivals are paired for contrast of the painting of the era. 

If you’re not too tired from watching your little darling’s recital, spend a few minutes taking in this ballet scene painted 150 years ago.

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