Degas' dashboard hula girl paintings were just so far ahead of their time that they were never as popular as the ballet dancers.
Just imagine how very bizarre it would be if they opened some vault somewhere and actually found some of his "hula" paintings. It was probably during the period when he was experimenting with painting on velvet.
"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we might become." Charles Dubois