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    Edgar Degas

    Born on July 19, 1834


    Died on September 17, 1917

    Edgar Degas was a French impressionist artist famous


    for his pastel drawings and paintings. Degas also
    produced bronze sculpture, prints, and drawings.
    Degas is especially identified with the subject of
    dance; more than half of his works depict dancers.
    Facts
    • Degas began to paint early in life. By the time he graduated from lycée with
    a baccalaureate in literature in 1853, at the age of 18 he had turned a room
    in his home into an artist’s studio, upon graduating, he registered as a
    copyist in the louvre museum, but his father expected him to go to law
    school.
    • When he started to build a sculpture, he often painted them backstage,
    getting ready for a performance. This little bronze sculpture of a dancer is a
    copy of a wax figure degas made in 1880. at this time degas was starting to
    go blind, and he found it harder to paint. So he began making sculptures.
    • As a young man he was greatly impressed by the disciplined style of
    neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, who reportedly advised
    him to “Draw lines, young man, draw lines.”
    • Degas work and awkward personality set him apart from the other painters.
    He also disliked the word “impressionist preferring to call himself a
    “realist” or “independent”.
    • He tried to capture fleeting moments in time but disliked outdoor or plein
    air painting, he also admired the solid traditions of the old masters but his
    own paintings featured scenes of modern life; theatres and cafes.
    • 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 street of Paris, until he died in 1917 at the age of 83.
    Technique
    Degas experimented with an array of techniques, breaking up surface
    textures with hatching, contrasting dry pastel with wet, and using gouache
    and watercolors to soften the contours of his figures.

    Medium
    Degas had a lively, scientific interest in a wide range of media, including engraving,
    monotype, and photography. Before 1880, he generally used oils for his completed works
    which were based on preliminary studies and sketches made in pencils or pastels. But
    after 1875, he began using pastels more frequently, even in finished works.

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    Edgar Degas artworks
    The Ballet Class (1871-
    1874)

    Degas painted the ballet


    class for the French opera
    singer and art collector
    Jean-Baptiste Faure.

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    The bellelli family (1858-1857)

    The bellelli family is the largest


    painting degas would ever created. It is
    Degas’s unhappy aunt, Laure, is
    pictured in mourning for her recently
    deceased father (Degas’s grandfather)
    Hilaire Degas, whose portrait hangs on
    the wall behind her.

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    The little dancer (1871-1881)

    It is one of his famous works. He wanted to


    show his dancer at rest and unposed. He
    used a wig out of real hair to put on the
    model. There are 27 copies in museums all
    over the world, each with different tutu. The
    young dancer that posed for Degas was
    Marie van Goethem.
    The dancing In the café
    class (1870) (1976)

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