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OriginalMiss La La at the Cirque Fernando (1879); Miss La La was an acrobat who caused a sensation at the Cirque Fernando in Montmartre, Paris in the late 1870s, where Degas saw her perform; this is his only painting of the circus. It is from a low perspective—from the viewpoint of an audience member—and asymmetrical. The art historian Theodore Reff called the picture "one of his most remarkable images"; (and see this article from The New York Times for an image of the real Miss La La).
Reason
An excellent image from one of the founders of the impressionist movement (and one of my all-time faves, that I've stood in front of for an hour at a time)
Articles in which this image appears
Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, Edgar Degas + 2 others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Theatre
Creator
Edgar Degas
  • Aesthetically I agree. It is rather unappealing due to murkiness. However, I suppose the only relevant test is whether it is true to the original. Google image search throws up a whole range of differently coloured and differently contrasted renditions of this. I have no idea which is most accurate. An older and ostensibly better version here was replaced by the current one with the dubious explanation "Better clarity". 109.157.10.216 (talk) 23:56, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • "True to the original" has rather limited meaning in this context. What we do know is that this copy displays poorly on computer screens, and that's bad, and easy to fix. Samsara 01:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Edgar Degas, Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, 1879.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 23:28, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]