Between 1871 and 1874
Edgar Degas,
Edgar Degas
The french painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was famous for both his painting and scupltures of dancers. Google the painting 'Ballet Rehearsal' or 'Little Dancer of Fourteen Years' to see some of his best work.
Renoir: 'Dance in the Country', Renoir: 'Dance in the Town'. Degas: 'Dance Class'.
the ballet
Edgar Degas is known for painting ballet scenes.
His favorite subject was ballet dancers, who he painted at dancing school and at performances.
He had his own dance studio and when they had a break he would sketch them fixing their shoes.
To which of Degas' works of ballet do you refer? To my knowledge, Degas is best known for paintings, drawings and bronzes of ballerinas and race horses. I am not familiar with a work specifically entitled "Ballet Girl", but would welcome an opportunity to be enlightened.
It is a scene from the Paris opera ballet school.
Edgar Degas,
Oil paint on canvas.
His aim was to show the human body in action.
Degas painted a lot of ballet dancers, because he liked to study the human body in action.
Edgar Degas
Degas painted in the impressionist style.
Edgar Degas.