The Daily Painting: Dancer at the Photographer's Studio

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Dancer at the Photographer's Studio

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Edgar Degas

(French, 1834-1917)

Dancer at the Photographer's Studio, 1875

Oil on canvas

3 comments:

Dear FirefliesSeptember 25, 2010 at 5:30 AM
Oh my! I've missed so many paintings! And you've posted Renoir's, Monet's and now Degas too? All just my absolute favorites! What can I say? I have a thing for Impressionism... Thanks for these, R.A. (^__^)
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R. A.September 28, 2010 at 9:19 PM
I always meant to get around to posting some impressionists, and when you reminded me I finally did! ^.^
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Becca R.March 1, 2011 at 6:48 PM
Degas! I just got a book on him and he is fascinating.
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