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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Women Ironing canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Impressionist painting
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painting ⓘ work of art ⓘ |
| artForm | easel painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
important example of Degas’s interest in working women
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noted for psychological insight into labor ⓘ |
| artist | Edgar Degas ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
Impressionism
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realism ⓘ |
| colorPalette | muted tones ⓘ |
| compositionFeature |
cropped viewpoint
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diagonal arrangement of figures ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Edgar Degas ⓘ |
| creatorBirthCountry | France ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| creatorFullName |
Edgar Degas
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surface form:
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
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| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
domestic labor
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repetitive labor ⓘ women ironing ⓘ working-class women ⓘ |
| genre | genre painting ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage | French ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 19th-century Paris ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| lightingFeature | contrasting light and shadow ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ironing
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laundry work ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Impressionism ⓘ |
| movementFeature | suggested repetitive motion ⓘ |
| notableFor |
candid realism
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depiction of working-class life ⓘ nuanced study of light ⓘ nuanced study of movement ⓘ |
| partOf |
Degas ballet paintings
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surface form:
Degas’s series on laundresses
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| portraysSocialClass | working class ⓘ |
| relatedThemeInArtistOeuvre |
ballet dancers
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modern urban life ⓘ women at work ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByArtist | Women Ironing (earlier version) ⓘ |
| subjectGender | female ⓘ |
| technique |
loose brushwork
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subtle modeling of form ⓘ |
| theme |
everyday life
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labor ⓘ urban interior ⓘ women at work ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.