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The Scary Truth Behind Degas's Ballet Paintings

Known for his whimsical Impressionist portrayals of ballet dancers, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas is a household name. The whirs of softly colored tutus and strokes of pink to flush each figure&#;s cheeks evoke a sense of joyful voyeurism, as if each viewer of the painting was sitting in the auditoriums depicted. Behind the glitz, glamor and youthful innocence, however, lies a darker truth. With Artsper, dive into the scary story behind the iconic Degas ballet paintings.

Some history

It&#;s important to view Edgar Degas&#;s ballet paintings in the context of the French social scene at the time of their painting. Picture it: it&#;s the s in Paris, the Belle Époque. It&#;s a time of peace, prosperity and great economic growth following the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Shopping centers are opening across the city as fashion, art and culture become synonymous with Paris. The construction of the famed Parisian opera house, the Palais Garnier, was just completed and dancers are ready to take the stage. Impressionism is in full swing, with the first official exhibition of the Impressionists— Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas among others— taking place in Paris in

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Discover the Top 10 Degas Paintings

This portrait was painted during Degas’ stay in Italy where he trained in classical painting, studying the work of the Italian Masters.

The Bellelli family were relatives of Degas, his paternal aunt, Laure, had married Baron Bellelli and lived with him and their family in Florence.

The scene

In the painting, we see the family dressed in mourning clothes following the death of the man whose portrait appears in a painting hung on the wall. Also included are Laure’s two daughters, Giula and Giovanna.

Together with their mother, they stand in a richly decorated contemporary drawing room complete with blue patterned wallpaper and a large gilded mirror above the fireplace. One figure is separate from the group, a man seated and wearing more casual attire.

A matriarchy

What is most striking about the figures is the mother’s authoritative stance. She dominates the painting, looking into the distance with a steely gaze. The child to the left echoes her mother’s decorous posture. In contrast, the girl seated in the centre of the painting has one leg crossed under her in a more relaxed, childlike manner. 

In this painting, Degas references the portraiture of Flemish artists including Van Dyck, drawing on their symbolic technique of re