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The Ballet Master

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Description: The Ballet Master
TitleThe Ballet Master
Creator nameDegas, EdgarLepic, Ludovic
Creator name (description)Edgar Degas in collaboration with Ludovic Lepic
Creator nationality/cultureFrench; French
Creator rolePrintmaker / Engraver / Lithographer
Creation datec. 1876
Object typePrint
MaterialsMonotype heightened and corrected with white chalk or wash
Dimensionsplate 56.5 × 70 cm; sheet 62 × 85 cm
LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https:/­/­www.nga.gov/­collection/­art-object-page.49050.html
Accession number1964.8.1782
SubjectsBallet dancers in artPrints, FrenchImpressionism (Art)--FranceDance--Study and teaching
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The Little Dancer in Wax and Words: Reading a Sonnet by Edgar Degas
Alison Luchs
Description: Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
This essay differs from the usual contents of this journal in that it explores the facture of a work of literary rather than visual art by the master in question...
Author
Alison Luchs
PublisherNational Gallery of Art
Copyright© 2017 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Related print edition pages: pp.158-175
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00206.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20204&redirecttoanchor=50666
Chapter subject tags:Ballet dancers in artSculpture, French--19th centuryWax-modelingArtists' writingsImpressionism (Art)--France
Degas and Difficulty
Richard Kendall
Description: Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
Facture: Conservation Science Art History Volume 3: Degas
As this volume of Facture demonstrates so vividly, much of Edgar Degas’s (1834–1917) art emerged from a willed engagement with technical complexity and the difficulties it presented...
Author
Richard Kendall
PublisherNational Gallery of Art
Copyright© 2017 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Related print edition pages: pp.2-19
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00206.001
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20197&redirecttoanchor=50666
Chapter subject tags:Painting, French--19th centuryDrawing--TechniquePainting--TechniqueDrawing, French--19th centuryImpressionism (Art)--France

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Description: The Ballet Master, Jules Perrot
The Ballet Master, Jules Perrot
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1875
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil paint on brown wove paper
Dimensions48 × 30 cm
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/82605.html?mulR=837957630|1
Accession number1986-26-15
The Ballet Master, Jules Perrot
The Ballet Master, Jules Perrot
Description: Before the Rehearsal
Before the Rehearsal
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1880
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPastel on paper
Dimensions63 × 48 cm
LocationDenver Art Museum, Colorado
http://denverartmuseum.org/object/1941.6
Accession number1941.6
Before the Rehearsal
Before the Rehearsal
Description: The Dance Class
The Dance Class
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1873–1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions85 × 74 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-classe-de-danse-1151
The Dance Class
The Dance Class
Description: Dance Class
Dance Class
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions83 × 76 cm
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438817
Accession number1987.47.1
Dance Class
Dance Class
Description: Dance Lesson
Dance Lesson
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1872
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions32 × 46 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/le-foyer-de-la-danse-lopera-de-la-rue-le-peletier-1152
Accession numberRF 1977
Dance Lesson
Dance Lesson
Description: Rehearsal
Rehearsal
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1879
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions47 × 61 cm
LocationFrick Collection, New York
http://collections.frick.org/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:149
Accession number1914.1.34
Rehearsal
Rehearsal
Description: Preparation for the Dance
Preparation for the Dance
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1877
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsPastel on board
Dimensions60.9 × 95.2 cm
LocationGlasgow Museums, The Burrell Collection, Scotland
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=36270;type=101
Accession number35.238
Preparation for the Dance
Preparation for the Dance
Description: The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions66 × 100 cm
LocationGlasgow Museums, The Burrell Collection, Scotland
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=36266;type=101
Accession number34.246
The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal
Description: The Rehearsal, detail
The Rehearsal, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationGlasgow Museums, The Burrell Collection, Scotland
http://collections.glasgowmuseums.com/starobject.html?oid=36266
Accession number34.246
The Rehearsal, detail
The Rehearsal, detail
Description: Ballet Class
Ballet Class
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878–1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions81 × 76 cm (32 3/8 × 30 1/4 in.)
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/104465.html
Accession numberW1937-2-1
Ballet Class
Ballet Class
Description: Ballet Class, detail
Ballet Class, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1878–1880
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/104465.html
Accession numberW1937-2-1
Ballet Class, detail
Ballet Class, detail
Description: Ballet Dancers
Ballet Dancers
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 23
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1890–1900
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions72.4 × 73 cm
LocationNational Gallery, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hilaire-germain-edgar-degas-ballet-dancers
Accession numberNG4168
Ballet Dancers
Ballet Dancers
Description: The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 17
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1873–1878
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions45.7 × 60 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303496
Accession number1951.47
The Rehearsal
The Rehearsal
Description: A Ballet Dancer in Position Facing Three-Quarters Front
A Ballet Dancer in Position Facing Three-Quarters Front
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 17
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1872–1873
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsGraphite, prepared black chalk, white chalk, and touches of blue-green pastel on pink wove paper, squared in prepared black chalk
Dimensions41 × 27.6 cm
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296579
Accession number1965.263
A Ballet Dancer in Position Facing...
A Ballet Dancer in Position Facing Three-Quarters Front
Description: Ballet Rehearsal on the Stage
Ballet Rehearsal on the Stage
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1874
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions25 5/8 × 32 1/8 in. (65 × 81.5 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/repetition-dun-ballet-sur-la-scene-1154
Ballet Rehearsal on the Stage
Dance Rehearsal on the Stage
Description: Pauline and Virginie Cardinal Conversing with Admirers
Pauline and Virginie Cardinal Conversing with Admirers
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 17
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1876–1877
Object typePrint
MaterialsMonotype in black ink on heavy China paper tipped onto heavy white wove paper
Dimensions21.5 × 16.1 cm (plate)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/269750
Accession numberM14295
Pauline and Virginie Cardinal Conversing...
Pauline and Virginie Cardinal Conversing with Admirers
Description: On Stage III
On Stage III
Posted by:John Carlson
Jul 17
Creator nameDegas, Edgar
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1876–1877
Object typePrint
MaterialsSoft-ground etching, drypoint, and roulette on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions10 × 12.5 cm (plate)
LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/235739
Accession number29.1979
On Stage III
On Stage III

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