Race Horses 1885-1888 by Edgar Degas

Race Horses 1885-1888 - Edgar Degas - Oil Painting

Product Overview

Race Horses 1885-1888 - Edgar Degas - Oil Painting brings gallery-caliber art into everyday spaces. This wildlife oil painting is a 100% hand painted oil painting on canvas, created for buyers who want genuine impressionist canvas wall art instead of a mass-produced poster or paper print.

Composition & Subject

1885-1888
Pastel on panel
The Annenberg Collection.

Degas remained faithful to racing scenes throughout his career, stepping up their production in the 1880s. He manipulated his horses and jockeys from one picture to the next - enlarging, reversing, or reducing them to fit the background. Indeed, all the figures here appear in earlier works, and some of the poses have pedigrees even more distinguished than the horses: the prancing mount and rider at the center derive from Benozzo Gozzoli's Journey of the Magi, which Degas copied in Florence in 1859.

This picture is nevertheless unusual for its medium - pastel on a plain, unvarnished panel. With skillful economy of means, Degas allowed the wood to color the sky and distant landscape, which suggests a village in Normandy, and to provide a warm undertone for the turf in the foreground.

Every hand painted oil painting in this wildlife series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.

Materials & Craftsmanship

Trained artists work in stages — underpainting, mid-tones, highlights, and detail — using traditional oils on canvas. Because nothing is printed, every hand painted oil painting has its own subtle texture and depth.

What Is Included

• A true oil-on-canvas painting produced manually by our artists — not a mass-produced print.
• A generous 2-inch blank canvas border surrounds the image to simplify mounting.
• No middlemen — we ship directly to you worldwide.
• Quick turnaround — most in-stock wildlife paintings ship in 3–10 working days.
• Available canvas sizes for this hand painted oil painting: 20 X 24 in, 24 X 36 in, 30 X 40 in, 36 X 48 in, 48 X 72 in.
• Any size you need can be produced — just tell us your preferred dimensions.
• Affordable delivery options via DHL, UPS, FedEx, USPS and more.
• We stretch your canvas onto wooden bars at no extra charge, and can arrange custom framing.
• A digital photo of your finished painting is emailed for approval before shipment.

Where to Hang It

For hallway wall art that does not feel generic, a painted wildlife canvas is hard to beat. It is a popular wildlife oil painting pick for new homeowners and a durable alternative to seasonal poster art.

Delivery, Sizes & Guarantee

In short: Race Horses 1885-1888 - Edgar Degas - Oil Painting combines an impressionist composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for wildlife oil painting and hallway wall art.