Edgar Degas was transfixed by the beauty of the ballet — but even more fascinated by the hard work of its dancers. The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., is showcasing an exhibit of his ...

Life was cruel to ballet dancers in 19th-century France, and they didn’t have it much easier at the hands of Impressionist painter Edgar Degas. CNN values your feedback 1.

The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse), 1873–1876, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas Wikimedia Commons ...

From family portraits to absinthe drinkers, racehorses to circus performers, Edgar Degas depicted many subjects in his pieces, but his most prolific output was paintings of young Parisian ballerinas.

To finish her restoration of “Dancers at the Bar,” Steele applied a coat of matte varnish to protect the painting without making it glossy. On January 10, Lilli Steele hung “Dancers at the Bar” in the ...

Edgar Degas' "Entrance of the Masked Dancers," c. 1879, part of The Clark's collection, exemplifies the artists' multifaceted use of pastel, with the medium being applied to the surface in different ...

The life of Marie van Goethem, the ballerina depicted in Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen,” is the subject of the Kennedy Center musical “Little Dancer,” opening Oct. 25.

Edgar Degas: Lord of the dance. As the Royal Academy celebrates Degas's paintings of ballerinas, Adrian Hamilton considers an astonishing life devoted to studying the human form.

Edgar Degas ‘Portraits in an Office (New Orleans),’ 1873. ... But while his dancers often radiate shimmering Impressionist spontaneity, the style of the cotton office clearly lies elsewhere.

The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse), 1873–1876, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas Wikimedia Commons “Yesterday I spent the whole day in the studio of a strange painter called Degas,” Parisian ...