Edgar Degas

Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

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

The Orchestra of the Opera, c.1870

Oil on canvas

Musee d Orsay, Paris

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OIL PAINTING: The Orchestra of the Opera, c.1870
With "The orchestra at the Opera house" - 1868-69 , Degas again signs a very innovative composition, with superimposed plans seen from first rank, the pit with the musicians, and the stage where decapitated ballet dancers form a swirl of legs and tutus.