Christian dior mini biography of edgar

Not all ballerinas are created equal. There are the done-up and haughty primas of the Ballets Russes, the swaddled corps of American Ballet Theatre, and the fierce soloists of Alvin Ailey—all of whom of have done their share to inspire runway shows and couture collections. Few, though, have served as a muse to designers quite like the delicate dancers of Edgar Degas’s 19th-century paintings.

Often framed by halos of tulle tutus, Degas’s ballerinas are captured mid-motion primping and preening behind a curtain or jetéing and pirouetting across the stage. The sketchy nature of the artist’s hand has inspired a certain brand of frilly interpretation on the runway—think body-enveloping tulle gowns—but the aspect of his creations that really sets his work apart from our more contemporary ballerina myths is his use of color. Caught in the timeline of art history bridging the acid pastels of the Impressionists and the vibrant colors of the Fauves—he preferred the term realist for his

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