Degas studies of dancersmdash;in practice; on stage; and at relaxmdash;began in the 1870s and intensified during the consequent decades. This stage also marked the beginning of his success as an artist. One of Degas principal concerns as a draftsman was analyzing the movements and gestures of the female body. Though noted for his attention to the female figure; Degas executed many studies of grouped horses and jockeys from which he would use figures in later compositions. Later in his career; Degas experimented with mixing drawing media and printmaking techniques. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870ndash;71; Degas focused almost exclusively on dancers and nudes; increasingly turning to sculpture as his eyesight weakened. In his later years; he was concerned chiefly with showing women bathing; entirely without self-consciousness and emphatically not posed.
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