Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p9060

    p9060

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer bowing (Danseuse saluant)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.5 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Signed, numbered and stamped
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p5358

    p5358

    • ARTIST: Bartolomeo Pinelli (Italy, 1781-1835)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance by night in the Piazza Barberini, Rome
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1821
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s4062

    s4062

    • ARTIST: George Frederick Munn (U.K., 1852-1907) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Amusing his Lordship
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print from a painting
    • DATE: 1881
    • DIMENSIONS: 45.8 x 35.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: solo, popular
  • p0254

    p0254

    • ARTIST: Emilio Vasarri (Italy, 1862-1928)
    • TITLE OF WORK: L'hymne à Bacchus (Hymn to Bacchus)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1906
    • DIMENSIONS: 12 x 22 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity
  • p2778

    p2778

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer in pink tutu (Danseuse au tutu rose)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s1009

    s1009

    • ARTIST: Sydney Prior Hall (U.K., 1842-1922) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Miss Stringer, just play us the dear old "Blue Danube", like an angel!"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1892
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.9 x 17.8 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for the novel "That wild wheel" by Frances Eleanor Trollope
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: waltz, ballroom, couple
    • KEYWORDS: musical instrument, piano
  • p8994

    p8994

    • TITLE OF WORK: The Gipsy dance. Theatricals at the Herkomer School of Art
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1888
    • DIMENSIONS: 11 x 11.7 cm
    • COMMENTS: "The sorceress. A romantic musical fragment", by professor Hubert Herkomer. In the quiet village of Bushey, between Pinner and Watford.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: theater
  • p8364

    p8364

    • ARTIST: Vicente García de Paredes (Spain, 1845-1903)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The tarantella (La tatantelle)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1894
    • DIMENSIONS: 15 x 15.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple, tarantella
  • s5031

    s5031

    • ARTIST: Ramiro Arrue (Spain, 1892-1971)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Basque dance in front of a village
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Basque Country
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
    • KEYWORDS: musical instrument, accordion, drum, flute
  • p1863

    p1863

    • ARTIST: Alméry Lobel-Riche (France, 1880-1950)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Flamenco dance (2)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • s2300

    s2300

    • ARTIST: Parys (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "The doll", operetta by Mr. Ordonneau, music by Mr. Audran, presented at the Gaité Theatre ("La poupée", opérette de M. Ordonneau, musique de M. Audran, représentée sur le Théâtre de la Gaité)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1896
    • DIMENSIONS: 10.8 x 10 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • p8282

    p8282

    • ARTIST: John Hoppner (U.K, 1758-1810)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Marie-Louise Hiligsberg
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1870
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Germany, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: opera
  • s3712

    s3712

    • ARTIST: Daniel Rabel (France, 1578-1637)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Ballet du Château de Bicêtre", first entrée: Entrée de l'Hoste, de l'Hostesse et leur Valet
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen, wash and gouache
    • DATE: 1632
    • DIMENSIONS: 28.7 x 44 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, court
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s2658

    s2658

    • TITLE OF WORK: Japanese dance (Danse japonaise)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1858
    • DIMENSIONS: 9.9 x 22.6 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for an article by Mac Vernoll
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stage, solo
  • s1363

    s1363

    • ARTIST: Dore Hoyer (Germany, 1911-1967)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dore Hoyer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: spiral
  • p9759

    p9759

    • ARTIST: Antonio Diziani (Italy, 1737-1797) (attributed to)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Peasants dancing in a mountainous landscape
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1780
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 148 x 208 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: couple
  • p2618

    p2618

    • ARTIST: Honoré Daumier (France, 1808-1879)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Chinese dance (Danse chinoise)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1844
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: China, France
    • KEYWORDS: humor, caricature
  • s0918

    s0918

    • ARTIST: Fortunino Matania (Italy, 1881-1963) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Triclinium
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1920
    • DIMENSIONS: 7.6 x 11.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the watercolor exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours at the Princess Gallery, Picadilly, London. Sold for 1000 pounds.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: stage, solo
  • p6375

    p6375

    • ARTIST: A. R. (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A ball in Douai (Bal à Douai)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1863
    • DIMENSIONS: 22 x 32 cm
    • COMMENTS: Bal donné dans la salle de la mairie de Douai par les pères de famille de la ville et les officiers de la garnison
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Douai
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • s5587

    s5587

    • ARTIST: Albert Moore (U.K., 1841-1893)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Nymphs dancing. Design for a picture
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, black and white chalk on brown paper
    • DATE: 1871
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 20.3 x 38.1 cm
    • COMMENTS: Compare with sketch for the same picture S5586
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Greece or Rome
    • KEYWORDS: nude
  • p4391

    p4391

    • TITLE OF WORK: The weighing of the Shah Jahan for his 42nd lunar birthday. Eight girls dancing in two lines
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, illumination, gouache on paper
    • DATE: 1635
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 31.8 x 21.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the "Padshahnama". Two times a year, the equivalent of the Emperor's weight was distributed in gold, silver and other goods to the dignitaries, noblemen and merchants.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Iran
    • DANCE FORM: court
    • KEYWORDS: royalty
  • p9525

    p9525

    • ARTIST: Arthur Kampf (Germany, 1864-1950)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A flamenco dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 196 x 155 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, flamenco, Spanish dance, solo, stage
  • s4764

    s4764

    • TITLE OF WORK: Festival Gannat
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, postcard
    • DATE: 1980
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: popular, traditional, folk
  • p7474

    p7474

    • ARTIST: Félicien Rops (Belgium, 1833-1898)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dancing death (La mort qui danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, eau-forte and drypoint
    • DATE: 1840
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: macabre
  • p5219

    p5219

    • ARTIST: George Montbard (France, 1841-1905)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A marriage in Cairo
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1897
    • DIMENSIONS: 21.6 x 31.6 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Egypt
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, Oriental ?
  • p0853

    p0853

    • TITLE OF WORK: Three figures, most probably dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, stone
    • DATE: -2500
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Cyclades, Naxos
  • p7276

    p7276

    • ARTIST: Kajetan
    • TITLE OF WORK: Lola Montez leaving Bavaria on her way to the underworld
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1848
    • COMMENTS: Lola Montez was lover of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., Ireland, Germany, Bavaria
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: humor, caricature
  • s0343

    s0343

    • ARTIST: Ferdinand Leeke (Germany, 1859-1923)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Wood nymphs cavorting
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1912
    • DIMENSIONS: 99 x 134 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated "München 1912"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: trio
    • KEYWORDS: religion, divinity
  • p0200

    p0200

    • ARTIST: Pericle Fazzini (Italy, 1913-1987)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The witches' dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
  • p7856

    p7856

    • ARTIST: Gösta Adrian-Nilsson, called GAN (Sweden, 1884-1965)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Design for the ballet "La mer glaciale" by Gösta Nystroem for the Ballets Suédois
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, drawing, watercolor and pencils
    • DATE: 1923
    • DIMENSIONS: 35.3 x 24.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: Ishavsbaletten, Paris, Nov. 1923
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Sweden
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s5352

    s5352

    • ARTIST: Max Serge Chailloux (France, 18??-19??)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Tam-Tam in French Guinea (Tam-Tam en Guinée française)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas (Huile sur toile)
    • DATE: 1939
    • DIMENSIONS: 83 x 100 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: French Guinea
    • DANCE FORM: tribe, woman
  • p2016

    p2016

    • ARTIST: Theyre Lee-Elliott (U.K., 1903-1988)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pas de deux, Swan lake (Pas de deux, "Lac des cygnes")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1947
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s5183

    s5183

    • ARTIST: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812) and Webber, John (1751-1793)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Male dancer, Tahiti (Tänzer, Tahiti)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 0
    • DIMENSIONS: 31.30 x 20.30 cm
    • KEYWORDS: travel
  • p1830

    p1830

    • ARTIST: Millicent Hodson (U.S.A.)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Mouvement de cloche des adolescents". Reconstruction of the "Sacre du Printemps"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, pastel
    • DATE: 1987
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Part I,4: Jeu des Cités Rivales
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4540

    p4540

    • ARTIST: Fernand Léger (France, 1881-1955)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Skating rink": Woman in white, blue and brown
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil, gouache and China ink on paper
    • DATE: 1922
    • DIMENSIONS: 23 x 15 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p6390

    p6390

    • ARTIST: Natalia Goncharova (Russia, 1881-1962)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Contes russes"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1926
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s4080

    s4080

    • ARTIST: Michael Kashalos (Cyprus, 1885-1974)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Sewing the bridal bed and bridal bed dance (O choros kai to rapsimo tou krevatiou) - 2
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1965
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cyprus
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s4919

    s4919

    • ARTIST: Antoine Calbet (France, 1860-1944)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancers (Danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor gouached
    • DATE: 1915
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 21 x 15 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: cabaret, music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: nude
  • p0096

    p0096

    • ARTIST: Gino Severini (Italy, 1883-1966)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dynamic hieroglyph of the Bal Tabarin
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas with sequins
    • DATE: 1912
    • DIMENSIONS: 161.6 x 156.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: popular
    • KEYWORDS: dance-hall
  • s4664

    s4664

    • TITLE OF WORK: Biguina. Reine-Jeanne parfum-lotion-eau de Cologne
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color, card
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Perfume card. Imp. Alix Lyon
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: biguine, popular, ballroom, couple
  • s5009

    s5009

    • TITLE OF WORK: Male dancer holding a cup
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, mural
    • DATE: -500
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • COMMENTS: See also watercolor of this figure by L. Schulz, 19th century, S5009-2
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Etruria, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: popular, solo
    • KEYWORDS: object
  • s1677

    s1677

    • ARTIST: Franz von Lenbach (Germany, 1836-1904) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Mme Saharet
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1900
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, stage
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p9548

    p9548

    • ARTIST: Johann Georg Platzer (Austria, 1704-1761)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Elegant company making merry outside a palace
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on copper
    • DATE: 1750
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 38 x 51.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: couple, popular
  • p7422

    p7422

    • ARTIST: André Dunoyer de Segonzac (France, 1884-1974)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Mikhail Fokine in the ballet "Carnaval"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • COMMENTS: Ballets Russes, music by Schumann
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p5763

    p5763

    • ARTIST: Frédéric Lix (France, 1830-1897) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Alsatia of yore (L'Alsace d'autrefois)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1873
    • DIMENSIONS: 22 x 31 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Alsatia, Alsace
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s0340

    s0340

    • ARTIST: Heinrich Lefler (Austria, 1863-1919)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Flower ballet (Blumenballet)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and ink and watercolor
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 19 x 17 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed and titled
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria
    • DANCE FORM: solo, stage
    • KEYWORDS: flower
  • p3490

    p3490

    • ARTIST: Elli Solomonidi-Balanou (Greece)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pontic dance by the Argonaftes-Komnini Ensemble of Athens
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1996
    • COMMENTS: From the performance "Theli areti kai tolmi" given at the Megaron Mousikis, Athens
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Athens
    • DANCE FORM: folk
  • p4657

    p4657

    • TITLE OF WORK: Torch dance at a prince's wedding (Fackeltanz bei Fürstenhochzeit)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen, brown wash
    • DATE: 1600
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 28 x 36.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: court
  • s4164

    s4164

    • TITLE OF WORK: Boy scout dancing with girl scout
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: couple, popular
    • KEYWORDS: uniform
  • s1228

    s1228

    • ARTIST: Troy Kinney (U.S.A., 1871-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pavlova gavotte
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, etching
    • DATE: 1924
    • DIMENSIONS: 10.4 x 10.1 cm
    • COMMENTS: From an exhibition at the Greatorex Gallery, London
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, stage, duo, gavotte

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