Dance in Art

The Ballet Master

Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917

Medium:

Graphite and black chalk with stumping, on buff wove paper, squared in charcoal

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Source:

aic

Rights:

AIC — rights reserved

The Ballet Master, by Edgar Degas French, 1834-1917, is a public-domain graphite and black chalk with stumping, on buff wove paper, squared in charcoal in the LODance gallery of dance in art. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.