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At the Races in the Countryside or Carriage at the Races is an 1869 oil painting by the French painter Edgar Degas. The painting, which depicts a scene of a family in a horse-drawn carriage in the countryside, is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. [1] The painting was shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874. [2]
Before the Race is one of three identically titled paintings from the early 1880s. One was purchased in 1881 by David W. T. Cargill through Alexander Reid (who was dealer for much of Degas' work) for £2100. [3] During this time Degas was reported to have a full sized stuffed horse in his studio. [4]
The oil painting held at the Art Institute of Chicago is the most widely known version of the work and was created in 1866. While there had been debate about its creation date due to the smudging of the inscription on the work (read variously as 1865 or 1867), [ 3 ] a microscopic examination of the work indicated that the date is 1866. [ 8 ]
Edgar Degas, Before the Race, 1882–1884, oil on panel, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion features an animated sequence of a race horse galloping, using photos published in 1887. Thoroughbred racing was an inspiration for Romantic and Impressionist artists of the 19th century.
Little was known of Troye's work in the eastern United States until 1912. Since then, more than 300 of his paintings have been found, of which three-fourths have been photographed since 1912. In addition, he is the author of The Race Horses of America (1867). [2] Troye is buried in Georgetown Cemetery with his wife and grandson, Clarence D ...
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In 1927 he explained his work as follows:The secret of painting race-horses lies in quickness. Their movements are so alert, they are so full of nervous energy, that the artist has to have a hand like a streak of lightning to catch the pose while it lasts. [5] His paintings of race horses, nearly all on commission, are oil-on-canvas.
The painting, now on display in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., was exhibited at the 1866 Salon in Paris. Degas painted the work on a large canvas. Horses race from the right to left side. In total, there are four horses, with three jockeys. One of the jockeys has fallen off his horse and lies motionless in the foreground.