From the BBC: In Pictures: Degas and the Ballet

The Royal Academy of Arts in London opens a new exhibition featuring the work of Edgar Degas at the weekend. It focuses on Degas’ fascination with ballet. The exhibition will feature about 85 paintings, sculptures, pastels, drawings, prints and photographs by the renowned French impressionist and sculptor. Born in Paris in 1834, more than half of [Degas’] life’s work depicts dancers.