Edgar Degas

French artist

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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Born:: July 19, 1834 Paris France

Died:: September 27, 1917 (aged 83) Paris France

Notable Works:: “Cotton Office at New Orleans” “Dance Class” “Dancers at the Barre” “Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey” “Scene of War in the Middle Ages”

Movement / Style:: Impressionism

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Edgar Degas, in full Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, De Gas later spelled 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 ...(100 of 3760 words)

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