racehorses at longchamp edgar degas

racehorses at longchamp edgar degasIt was at the end of the 19th century that horse racing became a popular sport in France. Edgar Degas, who was passionate about horse racing, produced an important series of paintings on the theme of horse racing, a series entitled "Scenes of Modern Life". On the track or in the fields, Degas showed the power and prestige of these races in his time. Here, the artist depicts riders preparing for a race in the middle of a vast landscape under the

These landscapes had already been depicted by famous artists such as Delacroix and Courbet

Art historians see this as a representation of the artist's preoccupied state of mind: a dark

The whole gives an impression of melancholy

reality and metaphysics

This is the emblematic detail of Michelangelo's work

When he discovered Saint-Tropez in 1892

sulphurous and light purple touches

The different parts of the composition are unified by the surface effect of the shimmering planes

the tranquility of the sea coexists with almost saturated colors

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Edgard Degas followed the dancers of the Paris Opera during their regular training