Edgar DegasFrance, 1834–1917La Classe de danse
The Ballet Class
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Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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About the painting
La Classe de danse est un tableau réalisé entre 1873 et 1876 par le peintre français Edgar Degas. De dimensions 85 × 75 cm, il est détenu par le musée d'Orsay à Paris depuis 1911. La période et la technique utilisée en font un tableau impressionniste.
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- RF 1976
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- Wikidata · obtenue il y a 7 jours
- Image : Musée d'Orsay — Edgar Degas · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pendant ce temps, chez Edgar Degas
La vie entièrelate 1860s
The turn to modern life: racecourses, milliners, laundresses
By the late 1860s Degas had moved from history painting to an original observation of contemporary life: racecourse scenes let him paint horses and riders in a modern setting, and then he turned to women at work — milliners and laundresses.
late 1860s
Begins modelling in wax
Degas modelled small wax figures of dancers, bathers and jockeys for himself, in place of studies. He never worked in bronze or stone; he valued wax for its changeability, and his sculptor friend Bartholomé encouraged him.
1870
A volunteer in the war; a flaw in his eyesight
When the Franco-Prussian War broke out Degas volunteered; at the first shooting practice it turned out that he saw poorly with his right eye. It was the first sign of the macular degeneration that left him almost blind at the end of his life; he was transferred to the artillery and served there to the end of the war.
early 1870s
Meets Durand-Ruel
Degas met the dealer Durand-Ruel, later the most prominent of the trusted dealers with whom he planned his strategy at auctions.
octobre 1872 – mars 1873 · Résidence
New Orleans
1873–1874
His brother's debts: he sells his house and collection
After his father's death Degas learned that his brother René had run up enormous business debts. To save the family's reputation he sold his house and an inherited art collection and for the first time in his life depended on sales of his own work.
