{"id":11127,"date":"2019-09-06T16:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T23:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/?p=11127"},"modified":"2019-09-06T16:51:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T23:51:56","slug":"edgar-degas-ballet-rehearsal-onstage-oil-and-pastel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2019\/09\/edgar-degas-ballet-rehearsal-onstage-oil-and-pastel\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgar Degas – Ballet Rehearsal Onstage x 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While researching another project, I came across two paintings by Edgar Degas – one in oil, one in pastel – on the Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s website. I was so taken by these pieces that I had to bring them to you! They have slightly different titles but are basically the same painting of a ballet rehearsal onstage<\/g>. The oil is called \u201cThe Rehearsal of the Ballet On Stage\u201d while the pastel is called, \u201cThe Rehearsal Onstage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a third version of this painting at the Musee D\u2019Orsay. It\u2019s larger than the two at the Met and was shown at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. It looks similar but is different from the two at the Met in size, in colouring, and in composition. The two paintings at the Met are tentatively dated the same year as the D\u2019Orsay one and they are the ones we\u2019ll explore here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Let’s have a look at the three paintings. First, the one from the Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay followed by the two paintings from the Met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edgar Degas, “Rehearsal of a Ballet Onstage,” 1874, oil on canvas, 25 5\/8 x 32 1\/8 in (65 x 81.5 cm), Mus\u00e9e D’Orsay, Paris<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Edgar Degas, “The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage,” ca. 1874, oil colours mixed with turpentine, with traces of watercolour and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on cream-coloured wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas, 21 3\/8 x 28 3\/4 in (54.3 x 73 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a>, New York. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Edgar Degas, “The Rehearsal Onstage,” ca. 1874, pastel over pen-and-ink drawing on thin cream-coloured wove paper, laid down on bristol board and mounted on canvas, 21 x 28 1\/2 in (53.3 x 72.4 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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First the similarities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n