4 人の踊り子

c. 1899

エドガー・ドガは、夢のような夕日に照らされた風景を背景に、ストレッチをしたり衣装を整えたりする4人のバレリーナの、飾らない舞台裏の瞬間をとらえています。より精密だった初期の作品とは異なり、この晩年の傑作は、踊り子たちと周囲の環境との境界を曖昧にする、緩やかで表現豊かな筆致と、鮮やかでほとんど不自然な色彩で溢れています。これは、印象派の巨匠が視力の衰えが始まる直前に、厳格な写実主義を生々しい感情と動きに置き換えていった進化の過程を示す完璧な例です。

Technique: Oil painting
Material: Oil on canvas

Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

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