Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) La danseuse (The Dancer) 1874 Oil on canvas, 142.5 x 94.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The Dancer was one of seven works that Renoir included in the first exhibition of the Société anonyme coopérative des…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La répétition (The Rehearsal) c.1873–1878 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 61.5 cm Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La classe de danse (The Dance Class) 1874 Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 77.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work and its variant in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, represent the most ambitious paintings Degas devoted to…
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La classe de danse (The Dance Class) 1873–1876 Oil on canvas, 85.5 x 75 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Compare: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) La classe de danse 1874 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Ballerina c.1927 Oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg In 1920 Matisse became acquainted with 19-year-old Henriette Darricarrère, who became his model for the next seven years. The girl was a ballet dancer at the…