ARTIST: - (American, early 20C) AFTER Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917)
TITLE: Ballet Dance Class
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Normal wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 10 x 13 inches / 25 x 33 cm
FRAME SIZE: 16 x 19 inches / 40 x 48 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
NAME VARIANTS: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 130999
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BIOGRAPHY:
Edgar Degas born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.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 racehorses and racing jockeys, as well as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and 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 Western 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.