Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

Art Institute of Chicago

Audience at a Parisian Theatre I

Giovanni Boldini

Date
c. 1885
Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Culture
Italy
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

In 1871 Boldini moved to Paris and befriended Edgar Degas, who became a mentor to the artist. These two sketchbook pages reflect the novel viewpoints and bold compositional devices of Degas’s innovative theater scenes, such as Ballet at the Paris Opéra . Here the perspective in Degas’s work—from the audience, looking over the orchestra toward the stage—has shifted to the orchestra’s view of the audience.

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Object type
AAT300033973

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