by Edgar Degas, 1874
Edgar Degas painted the The Dance Class in 1874, showing ballet dancers practicing at the Paris Opera. The elderly ballet master Jules Perrot leans on his stick while young dancers stretch, adjust their costumes, and await their turn.
Degas cropped the composition unconventionally, cutting off figures at the frame's edge like a photograph. The pale tutus create a frothy mass against the brown floor. He painted over 1,500 works depicting dancers, capturing the physical labor behind artistic grace. It hangs at the Metropolitan Museum.

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -500
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ancient Greek (Unknown), -390
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Diego Velázquez
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -1070
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris

Claude Monet, 1875
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

James McNeill Whistler, 1871
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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