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Edgar Degas Impressionist French painter and sculptor, whose innovative composition, skilful drawing, and
perceptive art of movement, born on the 19th July, 1834, in Paris
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- Edgar Degas At the Beach. 1876.
Edgar Degas At the Beach. 1876. Oil on paper. National Gallery, London.
- Edgar Degas
Aux courses en province, which has exquisite colour, draftsmanship, exactness of
pose, and accuracy of execution.
- Edgar Degas Ballet Rehearsal on Stage. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris
Edgar Degas Ballet Rehearsal on Stage. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris.
- Edgar Degas Portrait, The Belleli Family
Edgar Degas Portrait, The Belleli Family.
- Edgar Degas Blue Dancers. c.1890
Edgar Degas Blue Dancers. c.1890. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris.
- Edgar Degas Au Cafe-Concert: La Chanson du Chien, c. 1876-77, private collection.">
Edgar Degas Au Cafe-Concert: La Chanson du Chien, c. 1876-77, private collection.
- Edgar Degas Carriage at the Races. 1869
Edgar Degas Carriage at the Races. 1869. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
- Edgar Degas The Cotton Exchange in New Orleans 1873
Edgar Degas The Cotton Exchange in New Orleans 1873 Oil on canvas 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92 cm) .
- Edgar Degas The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse)
Edgar Degas The Dance Class (La Classe de Danse),18731876, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas.
- Edgar Degas Dancer (Danseuse). c. 1874
Edgar Degas Dancer (Danseuse). c. 1874. Oil on canvas. Collection of Otto Krebs. Now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia. .
- Edgar Degas Dancers Practising at the Bar. 1876-77
Edgar Degas Dancers Practising at the Bar. 1876-77. Mixed media on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA..
- Edgar Degas Dance Class. About 1871
Edgar Degas Dance Class. About 1871. Oil on wood. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Edgar Degas Portrait d'un Peintre das Son Atelier (L'Homme et le Tantin), 1878.
Edgar Degas Portrait d'un Peintre das Son Atelier (L'Homme et le Tantin), 1878, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon..
- Edgar Degas Mlle La La at the Circus Fernando. 1879
Edgar Degas Mlle La La at the Circus Fernando. 1879. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London, UK.
- Edgar Degas The Orchestra at the Opera House. c.1870
Edgar Degas The Orchestra at the Opera House. c.1870. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris,.
- Edgar Degas Place de la Concorde, 1875
Edgar Degas Place de la Concorde, 1875, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
- Edgar Degas Portrait of Estelle Musson, Madame Rene de Gas. 1872-73
Edgar Degas Portrait of Estelle Musson, Madame Rene de Gas. 1872-73. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
- Edgar Degas Portrait of Mary Cassat. c. 1880-84
Edgar Degas Portrait of Mary Cassat. c. 1880-84. Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
- Edgar Degas Race Horses. c.1866-68. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris,
Edgar Degas Race Horses. c.1866-68. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris,.
- Edgar Degas Self-Portrait. c.1863. Oil on canvas. Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Edgar Degas Self-Portrait. c.1863. Oil on canvas. Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Edgar Degas Study of Gentile bellini
Edgar Degas Study of Gentile bellini 1854 - 1855.
- Edgar Degas The Absinthe Drinker. 1875-76
Edgar Degas The Absinthe Drinker. 1875-76. Oil on canvas. Muse d'Orsay, Paris, France.
- Edgar Degas The Star. 1876-77
Edgar Degas The Star. 1876-77. Pastel on monotype. Muse d'Orsay, Paris.
- Edgar Degas. Woman Combing Her Hair. c 1885-86
Edgar Degas. Woman Combing Her Hair. c.1885-86. Pastel on cardboard. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Edgar Degas Woman Ironing, c. 1887
Edgar Degas Woman Ironing, begun c. 1876, completed c. 1887.
- Edgar Degas Woman with Chrysanthemums. 1865
Edgar Degas Woman with Chrysanthemums. 1865. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Edgar Degas Women, on a Cafe Terrace. 1877
Edgar Degas Women, on a Cafe Terrace. 1877. Pastel. Muse d'Orsay, Paris, France.
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Degas was born into a well-to-do banking family on July 19, 1834, in Paris. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts
under a disciple of the famous French classicist J. A. D. Ingres, where Degas developed the great drawing ability that was to
be a salient characteristic of his art. After 1865, under the influence of the budding impressionist movement, he gave up
academic subjects to turn to contemporary themes. But, unlike the impressionists, he preferred to work in the studio and was
uninterested in the study of natural light that fascinated them. He was attracted by theatrical subjects, and most of his
works depict racecourses, theatres, cafés, music halls, or boudoirs. Degas was a keen observer of humanity—particularly of
women, with whom his work is preoccupied—and in his portraits as well as in his studies of dancers, milliners, and
laundresses, he cultivated a complete objectivity, attempting to catch his subjects in poses as natural and spontaneous as
those recorded in action photographs.
Degas was not well known to the public, and his true artistic stature did not become evident until after his
death. He died in Paris on September 27, 1917.
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