''The Dancing Class'' is an
oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...
by
Edgar Degas. It was painted about 1870. It was the first of Degas's "ballet pictures". The painting depicts a dancing class at the Paris Opéra. The dancer in the center is Joséphine Gaujelin (or Gozelin).
See also
* ''
The Ballet Class''
References
External links
''Impressionism: a centenary exhibition'' an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on ''The Dancing Class'' (p. 94-98)
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19th-century paintings
Paintings in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paintings by Edgar Degas
Dance in art
Mirrors in art