Edgar Degas. painter of dancers

Edgar Degas. painter of dancers

179 years ago, in an aristocratic family in Paris, was born Edgar Degas (Edgar Degas Hilaire Germain).

He is considered one of the main representatives of Impressionism, although in reality it with this group of artists is very much separated. In Degas was always independent style, it, unlike most of the Impressionists did not attract landscapes. The biggest artistic passion Degas was a picture of the life of dancers - he painted and sculpted figures of over 40 years of his career. He also liked to write and women swimmers racing scene. Degas left over 2,000 oil paintings, pastels and sculptures.

Pink, yellow, blue, green ... In a range of colors seen ballerinas this famous French artist. However, it is rarely portrayed bvlerin dancing on stage, his world was backstage at dance class and ballet rehearsals. Degas may be called by the chronicler of dance, a chronicler of how hard it is created, then what so fascinates us at the theater ...

Degas many seem somehow to come down manic specialist ballet. A large proportion of his creations truly devoted servant of Terpsichore - as the class in which they receive a special and very difficult upbringing and the performance in which they were dressed in completely different from anything else suits should depict some ethereal beings ... not just any woman in a pamphlet on "ballet lovers" Degas and his "spying" the woman behind her toilet - no, but, on the contrary, both the cycle of paintings are in fact the glorification of the charms of women, and the glorification of such an expert on it, which is not equal to find on the space of centuries. Compare these "In Praise of Women" Degas possible only with some frescoes of the Egyptians, with drawings on Greek vases or with Japanese prints.

AN Benoit "The exhibition Degas'

dance

Pirouette and even pirouette.

Lies rule proud dance.

Capsized dream silhouette

Illuminated ramp space.

Sprawling lonely shadow

Crick tearing consciousness violin.

In this power plexus of veins

And the power of a timid smile.

Grand battement, Grand jete into the fire

Multicolored dress Zhizeli-

Through the centuries zipped pain

On the vast celestial swing

Suffocation desire. ballet

I used to like you in a fairytale stay!

Pirouette and even pirouette.

Lies rule proud dance.

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Edgar Degas painted dancers and ballerinas almost his entire life, so still painting at auction continue to appear his unknown works that are always in demand. In Russia, the work can be seen in Degas Museum of Fine Arts Pushkin and the Hermitage. Very interesting artist to finish yet unsolved ...