The Star (L'Etoile) by Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
The Star (L'Étoile,1878) is probably one of
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas's most famous works. Degas selected an
elevated point of view for this painting. The dancer's skirt seems to
vanish under the stage lights, which cast pale violet shadows on the
smooth, powdered skin of her bare arms and chest. Hilaire-Germain-Edgar
Degas followed the rapid movement of the dancer across the stage with
swift and sure calligraphic strokes.
 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas's The Star (L'Étoile) is a pastel on paper (23-5/8 x 17-3/8 inches) that is housed in Musée d'Orsay, Paris. |
The next Impressionist painting also superbly captures an artist at work, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando.
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