Frieze of Dancers

One dancer, seen from four viewpoints, in loose, dripping washes of colour that Degas even marked with his thumb.

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About this artwork

This painting may show a single dancer observed from four different viewpoints. She stands in an undefined setting, surrounded by wisps of colour applied so freely that the paint ran and dripped. Degas also pressed circles into the foreground with his thumb. On a canvas around six feet wide, such boldness would probably have startled his contemporaries, though it might pass more easily in a small sketch. Showing several views of one figure was equally radical, and the idea may have been inspired by the photographs of Eadweard Muybridge. Degas painted it in oil around 1895.

On your wall: Its loose, airy handling and graceful figure suit a living room, bedroom or study, where it can bring a sense of movement to a quiet wall.

Title: Frieze of Dancers
Artist: Edgar Degas
Year: 1895
Style: Impressionism
Shape: Panorama

Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).

Edgar Degas Impressionism

About Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas was a French artist associated with Impressionism. He is best known for his pastel drawings and his oil paintings, two media in which he made a lasting name for himself. If you are drawn to his work, you are looking at one of the recognised figures of that movement.

Based on Wikipedia.

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Canvas and printing

Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.

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