The Ballet Class Pin - Edgar Degas

This pin features a detail from the work by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), The Ballet Class, between 1871 and 1874, musée d'Orsay.

From the 1870s until his death, Degas's favourite subjects were ballerinas at work, in rehearsal or at rest, and he tirelessly explored the theme with many variations in posture...

This pin features a detail from the work by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), The Ballet Class, between 1871 and 1874, musée d'Orsay.

From the 1870s until his death, Degas's favourite subjects were ballerinas at work, in rehearsal or at rest, and he tirelessly explored the theme with many variations in posture and gesture.
More than the stage performance and the limelight, it was the training and rehearsals that interested him. Here the class is coming to an end - the pupils are exhausted, they are stretching, twisting to scratch their backs, adjusting their hair or clothes, an earring, or a ribbon, paying little heed to the inflexible teacher, a portrait of Jules Perrot, a real-life ballet master.