Edgar Degas, After: Dancers

Edgar Degas, After: Dancers
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) After: Dancers. Graphite and oil crayon on paper, signed in bottom margin. Verso marked "E.D, 76" and marked with illegible stamp.

Edgar Degas was a prominent impressionist painter best known for his depictions of dancers. Initially trained as an academic history painter, Degas soon found inspiration in modern life and became known as the classical painter of modern life.