Where to See Four Jockeys: Art Institute of Chicago

French artist Edgar Degas painted this racing scene with the dynamic composition and cropped viewpoint characteristic of his horse subjects. Four jockeys prepare for or complete a race, captured with spontaneous energy.

Degas was fascinated by horses and racing, depicting them with the same careful observation he applied to dancers. It hangs at the Art Institute of Chicago.

You can see it at Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, United States. Edgar Degas created it. Four jockeys prepare for or complete a race, captured with spontaneous energy.

Degas painted horses and racing throughout his career, studying movement as carefully as his dancers You can see it at Art Institute of Chicago.

Degas was fascinated by horses in motion and the social spectacle of the racetrack. He painted jockeys repeatedly, studying their poses and the play of color in their silks.

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