It's not often that an art show makes visitors stand up straighter. But Degas's Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint — an exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C ...

The sexual politics that played out in the foyer de la danse was of great interest to Degas. In fact, very few of his depictions of the dance show an actual performance. Instead, the artist hovers ...

“People call me the painter of dancing girls,” Degas later told Paris art dealer Ambroise Vollard. “It has never occurred to them that my chief interest in dancers lies in rendering movement ...

Demure and delicate, and rendered in an unassuming palette, Degas’ little dancers are the picture-perfect portrayal of youthful innocence. But waiting patiently in the wings for the practice to be ...

Degas debuted his true-to-life amalgamation of beeswax, human hair, and more, depicting his Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (1879–81) at the Impressionist showcase of 1881 in Paris. Art critic Paul ...

'The ballet dancers were treated as a kind of game preserve': The Rehearsal Onstage by Edgar Degas (c 1874), on view at The Met, New York - Alamy ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — Michelle Foa wants to set the record straight about Edgar Degas. She wants the world to understand that he painted so much more than dancers and laundresses and did so in a variety of ...

Degas’ masterpiece The Dance Class shatters the traditional impression of ballet dancers and exposes the truth behind the curtains of the 19th-century Parisian stage. It gives an insight into the ...