Where Is Ballet at the Paris Opera? Museum Location

Q: When was this painted?

Degas painted this in 1874, during his most intensive period of ballet subjects at the Paris Opera.

Q: Where can I see this?

At the Art Institute of Chicago, which has one of the finest collections of Degas outside France.

Q: How many ballet paintings did Degas create?

Degas produced over 1,500 works depicting dancers, making ballet his most iconic subject. He attended rehearsals at the Paris Opera regularly, sketching dancers from backstage and unusual viewpoints.

Working in oil painting, Edgar Degas painted this view of ballet at the Paris Opera in 1874, showing dancers performing on stage. The oil painting captures the theatrical spectacle from an unusual angle, typical of his innovative compositions.

Degas was obsessed with the ballet, painting hundreds of dance subjects. This work is at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Degas painted this in 1874, during his most intensive period of ballet subjects at the Paris Opera.

At the Art Institute of Chicago, which has one of the finest collections of Degas outside France.

Degas produced over 1,500 works depicting dancers, making ballet his most iconic subject. He attended rehearsals at the Paris Opera regularly, sketching dancers from backstage and unusual viewpoints.

Ballet at the Paris Opera

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