Edgar Degas and Max Beckmann were two very different artists, but both used music as inspiration for their paintings. For Degas, music was a way of capturing the energy and grace of the ballet dancers he so often painted. He was fascinated by the way the dancers seemed to float across the stage, and he tried to capture this ethereal quality in his art. He depicts ... Voir plus >
Edgar Degas and Max Beckmann were two very different artists, but both used music as inspiration for their paintings. For Degas, music was a way of capturing the energy and grace of the ballet dancers he so often painted. He was fascinated by the way the dancers seemed to float across the stage, and he tried to capture this ethereal quality in his art. He depicts an orchestra in his impressionist painting The Opera Orchestra. In contrast, music had a more literal purpose for Beckmann. He often used musical instruments as symbols in his paintings, representing the chaos and violence of the world around him. In one of his most famous paintings, The Triumph of Music, a horned figure represents the devil, while a broken violin symbolises the destruction of art. Together, these two artists show us how music can be used to express both the beauty and the horror of the world around us. Another work depicting musical instruments is his still life painting Still Life with Cello and Double Bass.
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