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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas. (1834 – 1917) Painter. Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar De Gas.

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Edgar Degas

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  1. Edgar Degas (1834 – 1917) Painter

  2. Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar De Gas Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834. He was the eldest of 5 children in a moderately wealthy family. In school, he studied literature and his father wanted him to be a lawyer. Degas began to paint, and knew he was an artist. In 1855, heentered the Ecole des BeauxArts and studied drawing.In 1856, he traveled to Italyand drew and painted copiesof Renaissance masterpieces.By 1860, he had made morethan 700 copies of classicalpaintings–it was his way oflearning how to be an artist.

  3. The Bellelli Family (1959-67)

  4. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange (1873)In 1872, he visited relatives in New Orleans, where he made this painting

  5. The Dance Class (1873-76)

  6. Place de la Concorde (1875)

  7. L’Absinthe (1876)

  8. Degas liked to paint people at work, and painted hat makers, laundresses, & especially ballet dancers. Most often he shows them backstage or in a rehearsal, showing the “work” part of dancing. He was a master at using physical cues–body language, manner of dress, posture– as well as social status or kind of job they are doing– to help us draw conclusions about them. Ballet Rehearsal (1873)

  9. the Song of the Dog (1875-77)

  10. Dancers at the Bar (1888)

  11. Degas was difficult and argumentative, driving away friends and artists alike. He believed that an artist needed to be alone, with no social life, and that is how he lived his life. He never married. Orchestra Musicians (1870-71)

  12. The Races. Before the Start (1873)

  13. Degas frequently left unfinished portions in his paintings. He described himself as having a habit “to begin a hundred things and not finish one of them”. The Star (1876-77)

  14. At the Races (1877-80)

  15. Blue Dancers (1898-99)

  16. Frieze of Dancers (1895)

  17. Around 1910 his poor eyesight forced him to quit working. Having lived the life of a solitary bachelor, he spent the last years of his life alone, wandering the streets of Paris, until he died in 1917 at the age of 83

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