Locatelli, who had always excelled at painting children, also made a memorable paintings of Legong Dance. Considered the most classical and elegant of all Balinese dances, Legong is a complicated dance that is performed by girls not more than 8 years old.  Locatelli’s  1939 canvas, “Legong Dancer,” now a highlight of the newly established Museum Pasifika, is considered a late Orientalist masterpiece: a sharp-eyed depiction of Asian culture seen through a Westerner’s eyes. In some respects, the “Legong Dancer” is reminiscent of the painter Degas’ depictions of young women enduring the rigors of ballet training.
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