Through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a number of artists in France sought their imagery from the world of the performing arts. The dance holds a preeminent place in the cultural tradition of France and is an important subject in art, as seen in works by Ingres, Corot, Carpeaux, Manet, Degas, Rodin, Renoir, Bourdelle, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bakst, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, and Roseman.