Degas and the Ballet – in pictures
Edgar Degas fell in love with the Paris Opera Ballet – a world that was to dominate his painting for the rest of his life. Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement, at London's Royal Academy of Arts from 17 September to 11 December, highlights the artist's mastery of colour, the human form and even empty spaces
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Edgar Degas, Two Dancers on the Stage, c 1874
Photograph: The Courtauld Gallery
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The Red Ballet Skirts, c 1895-1901
Photograph: Gifted by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944/Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums)
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The Ballet from [Meyerbeer's Opera] Robert le Diable, c 1876
Photograph: V&A Images
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Two Dancers Resting, c 1898
Photograph: Herve Lewandowski/Musee d'Orsay
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The Little Dancer Aged 14, 1880-1, cast c 1922
Photograph: Purchased with assistance from Art Fund 1952/Tate Images
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Dancers in Blue, c 1890
Photograph: Herve Lewandowski/Musee d'Orsay
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Dancers, c 1899
Photograph: Bequest of Henry K Dick, Class of 1909/Princeton University Art Museum
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The Dance Lesson, c 1879
Photograph: Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon/National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Dancer (Préparation en dedans), c 1880-85
Photograph: Trinity House, London and New York
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La Danse Grecque, c 1885-90 Photograph: Honourable Earle I Mack Collection
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The Rehearsal, c 1874 Photograph: Gifted by Sir William and Lady Constance Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944/Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums)
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Dancer (Battement in Second Position), 1880
Photograph: Private Collection, Cambridge MA, USA
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Dancer on Pointe, c 1877-78
Photograph: Collection of Diane B Wilsey
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Before the Ballet, c 1890-92
Photograph: National Gallery of Art, Washington/Widener Collection
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Three Dancers (Blue Skirts, Red Bodices), c 1903
Photograph: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
