A few weeks ago I posted about Degas’ Little Dancer sculpture that I saw at the Met. I mentioned that the gallery was a dancers dream. (Read that post here.) Here is a closer look at the other dancers in the room – some wonderful dancer paintings.
Edgar Degas
Dancer with Fan and The Dancers
Dancer with a Fan, 1890-95, pastel and charcoal on buff-colored paper, was a study that he did for the Dancers in the Wings painting that is at the St. Louis Art Museum.
The Dancers, about 1900, pastel and charcoal on paper, is thought to be a second painting that he did of this composition that was done as he was making revisions to the original painting.
Dancers Practicing at the Barre
Edgar Degas
Dancers Practicing at the Barre, 1877, mixed media on canvas, gives you a glance at the open door of a dance studio.
The Studio 