Ballet Class, the Dance Hall by Edgar Degas Magnet

Ballet Class, the Dance Hall (During the Dance Classes at Madame Cardinal) (1880) by Edgar Degas is a vintage impressionism fine art painting featuring ballerinas practicing and dancing while Madame Cardinal is sitting and reading a newspaper. About the artist: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he preferred realism and to be called a realist. Degas is especially identified with the subject of ballet dance, and over half his works depict dancers.