Women Ironing
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Women Ironing is an Impressionist painting by Edgar Degas depicting working-class women engaged in the repetitive labor of ironing, notable for its candid realism and nuanced study of light and movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Impressionist painting
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painting → work of art → |
| artForm |
easel painting
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| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Degas’s interest in working women
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noted for psychological insight into labor → |
| artist |
Edgar Degas
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| artisticStyle |
Impressionism
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realism → |
| colorPalette |
muted tones
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| compositionFeature |
cropped viewpoint
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diagonal arrangement of figures → |
| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| creator |
Edgar Degas
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| creatorBirthCountry |
France
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| creatorBirthPlace |
Paris
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| creatorFullName |
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
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| creatorNationality |
French
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| depicts |
domestic labor
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repetitive labor → women ironing → working-class women → |
| genre |
genre painting
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| hasTitleInLanguage |
French
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| historicalContext |
19th-century Paris
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| languageOfTitle |
French
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| lightingFeature |
contrasting light and shadow
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| mainSubject |
ironing
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laundry work → |
| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Impressionism
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| movementFeature |
suggested repetitive motion
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| notableFor |
candid realism
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depiction of working-class life → nuanced study of light → nuanced study of movement → |
| partOf |
Degas’s series on laundresses
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| portraysSocialClass |
working class
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| relatedThemeInArtistOeuvre |
ballet dancers
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modern urban life → women at work → |
| relatedWorkByArtist |
Women Ironing (earlier version)
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| subjectGender |
female
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| technique |
loose brushwork
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subtle modeling of form → |
| theme |
everyday life
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labor → urban interior → women at work → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Edgar Degas
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notableWork |