Degas at the Opera Exhibition at the Orsay Museum – Part 1

Some of the paintings, pastel drawings, prints and drawings in the Degas at the Opera Exhibition. Degas had two passions that influenced greatly his work: the opera and horse racing. This exhibition puts together, for the first time, a large collection of works related to the opera.

 

Lorenzo Pagans et Auguste de Gas (between 1871 and 1872) - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

 

Josephine Gaugelin - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

La Répétition de Chant - Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

L'orchestre de l'Opéra (c. 1870) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Les Musiciens – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène (1874) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas 

Danseuse assise tournée vers la droite (study for one of the figures in Répétition d'un ballet sur la scène) – Oil paint on blue paper by Edgar Degas 

La classe de danse (between 1873 and 1876) – Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

La classe de danse (Detail) 

La classe de danse (Detail) 

Jules Perrot (study for La classe de danse) – White chalk, black chack and charcoal drawing on pink paper by Edgar Degas 

Petite danseuse de quatorze ans (between 1921 and 1931) – Scuplture by Edgar Degas 

Deux danseuses au repos (c. 1898) – Pastel on beige paper mounted on canvas by Edgar Degas

Deux danseuses au repos (detail) 

Degas at the Opera
24 September 2019 - 19 January 2020

Musée d’Orsay
1 rue de la Légion d'Honneur
75007 Paris
France