Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas. A French born artist who identified and engaged with paintings of dancers.
Below are some images of the paintings Martin told me to have a look at. These paintings are very traditional in reference to how a dancer should look like. After having a closer look at the paintings, the dancers look quite lonely, even though they are with other dancers. It makes you think about what life would be like as a professional dancer and how much work they have to put in to look a certain way. They also look quite sad. None of the dancers look happy to be dancing. These paintings make you think about the demands each dancer has to go through and makes me wonder about my developing idea of learning to dance.
References
Edgar-degas.org, (2015). The complete works – Edgar Degas – Page 1. [online] Available at: http://www.edgar-degas.org/the-complete-works.html [Accessed 22 Apr. 2015].