Dance in Art · 1893

Eadweard Muybridge's phenakistoscope, 1893

Eadweard Muybridge

Medium:

Oil Painting

Dance:

Waltz

Era:

Late 1800s (Victorian Ballroom)

Source:

Wikimedia Commons

Rights:

Public Domain

Eadweard Muybridge's phenakistoscope, 1893, by Eadweard Muybridge, is a public-domain oil painting in the LODance gallery of dance in art, depicting waltz. It's one of thousands of historic images tracing how dancing has been seen and celebrated across the centuries.