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For collectors searching portrait oil painting, Dancers at the Barre is a dependable choice. Painted in layered oils on canvas after Edgar Degas, this impressionist work reads equally well as classic canvas wall art and as a thoughtful housewarming gift.
circa 1900-1905
Oil on canvas
The Phillips Collection, United States.
During his lifetime Degas depicted many scenes from the ballet. He began studying dancers in the 1870s and, along with female nudes, they were to become a principal motif in his work.
Degas frequently visited the back stage and public areas of the Opera building in Paris where the ballet was performed. However, he rarely actually made his studies there, preferring instead to draw in his studio from posed models or memory. Although Degas tended to depict scenes from backstage and the wings of the theatre, through his studies, pastels, paintings and sculptures, he created a detailed picture of both the glamour of the performance and the more sordid reality of the dancers' backstage life.
Degas's process mirrored the rote and repetition, point and counterpoint of ballet - he repeated himself obsessively, tracing and refining compositions over decades, and reproducing the same subjects from multiple perspectives in a range of media. He often produced studies for individual dancers or small groups then combined their figures in new compositions. Occasionally, he stripped away costume to deepen his understanding of anatomy and posture. Dancers at the Barre is reunited with full-scale pastel and charcoal sketches of its dancers shown individually and t ogether, nude and clothed, for the first time since they were in the artist's possession.
As entryway wall decor, the piece pairs naturally with other impressionist wall art and with warm neutrals, timber, and soft natural light.
Oil on canvas remains the reference standard for impressionist reproductions. Our artists apply pigment by hand, blending the figurative tones directly on the surface for depth that a printed portrait oil painting simply cannot match.
impressionist canvas wall art is one of the easiest ways to warm an entryway. Pair this piece with natural linen, dark wood, or brushed brass, and let the hand painted surface do the rest.
Whether the search term is portrait oil painting, entryway wall decor, or impressionist oil painting wall decor, this hand painted canvas delivers the same thing: a real painted surface, made to your chosen dimensions.
| Size | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 X 24 in | $58.48 |
| 24 X 36 in | $91.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $123.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $176.98 |
| 48 X 72 in | $329.48 |
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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