The Dancing Class Explained
| The Dancing Class |
| Artist: | Edgar Degas |
| Year: | c. 1870 |
| Type: | oil painting on wood |
| Height Metric: | 19.7 |
| Width Metric: | 27 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| City: | New York |
The Dancing Class is an oil painting on wood executed ca. 1870 by the French artist Edgar Degas. It was the first of Degas's "ballet pictures". The painting depicts a dancing class at the Paris Opéra.[1] The dancer in the center is Joséphine Gaujelin (or Gozelin).[2]
See also
External links
- Impressionism: a centenary exhibition, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on The Dancing Class (p. 94-98)
Notes and References
- Web site: The Dancing Class . Metropolitan Museum . 5 December 2021.
- Book: Galitz . Kathryn Calley . Miller . Asher Ethan . Rabinow . Rebecca A. . Rewald . Sabine . Stein . Susan Alyson . Tinterow . Gary . Gary Tinterow. [{{GBurl|A-9nd21Ux1EC|p=112}} Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800–1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art ]. 2007 . . 112 . 978-1-58839-240-4.
