The rehearsal painting by edgar degas

English: Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène

title QS:P,en:"Ballet Rehearsal on Stage"

label QS:Len,"Ballet Rehearsal on Stage"

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The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

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Title:The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

Artist:Edgar Degas (French, Paris – Paris)

Date:ca.

Medium: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

Dimensions 3/8 x 28 3/4 in. ( x 73 cm)

Classification:Drawings

Credit Line:H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer,

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The Painting: This very unusual mixed-media picture shows a rehearsal for a ballet. The view is from a slightly elevated point above the orchestra pit; the scrolls of two double basses are just visible in the foreground, radically cropped at the bottom of the canvas. At left dancers wait in the wings, while other dancers rehearse at center stage. The ballet master in a black suit at midground leads the motion on stage with his fingers, like a conductor. Two male abonnés (season subscribers) sit at the far right of the stage. The painting incorporates the use of the solvent turpentine with oil paint, ink drawing, pastel, and watercolor (see Technical Notes). It is related to several other works by Degas discussed bel