Edgar Degas

impressionism

Edgar Degas Paintings 1834 - 1917 Painter,Sculptor, France, Impressionism

Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, 1874

Oil on canvas

Muse d Orsay, Paris

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OIL PAINTING: Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, 1874
Degas tried different techniques in some of his paintings. The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage was painted probably 1874 in 1874 , and is a tipical example of this mixing technique. Oil colors freely mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-colored wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas; 21 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. (54.3 x 73 cm) H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929