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Edgar Degas

French artist
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Also known as: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
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Degas, Edgar: A Woman Seated Beside a Vase of Flowers
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In full:
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas
De Gas later spelled:
Degas
Born:
July 19, 1834, Paris, France
Died:
September 27, 1917, Paris (aged 83)
Notable Works:
“Cotton Office at New Orleans”
“Dancers at the Barre”
“Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey”
“Scene of War in the Middle Ages”
“The Ballet Class”
Movement / Style:
Impressionism
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Edgar Degas (born July 19, 1834, Paris, France—died September 27, 1917, Paris) French painter, sculptor, and printmaker who was prominent in the Impressionist group and widely celebrated for his images of Parisian life. Degas’s principal subject was the human—especially the female—figure, which he explored in works ranging from the sombre portraits of his early years to the studies of laundresses, cabaret singers, milliners, and prostitutes of his Impressionist period. Ballet dancers and women at their toilette would preoccupy him throughout his career. Degas was the only Impressionist to truly bridge the gap between traditional academic art and the radical movements ...(100 of 3761 words)

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