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Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas was a famous member of the impressionist group, even though his paintings are not always strictly impressionistic. Wanting to study and show the human body in action, he made many paintings of ballet dancers. Ask us about his life and work here.

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Did Edgar Degas sell any of his work?

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  1. Yes he had much money after selling some artwork.

How many kids did Edgar Degas have?

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Though Edgar Degas had two brothers and two sisters, he himself never married and he had no children of his own. No wife, no kids.

What techniques did Edgar Degas use in his paintings?

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Degas was a painter and a sculptor. His tools included paints, brushes, pastels, and various scultping tools.

What school did Edgar Degas graduate from?

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He began his schooling with enrollment in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, graduating in 1853 with a baccalauréat in literature. In 1853 he registered as a copyist in the Louvre. His father, however, expected him to go to law school. Degas duly registered at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris in November 1853, but made little effort at his studies there.In April of 1855 Degas received admission to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he studied drawing with Louis Lamothe.

What elements of art did Edgar Degas use?

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I think he used texture and space :) hope that helps :)

Where did degas study art?

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he didnt study anywhere. But after his early retirement he dedicated his life to art and took evening classes

When did Edgar Degas paint the 'Blue Dancers'?

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There are two Degas paintings of that name.

One from 1890, now in the Orsay Museum, Paris.

The other from 1898/99, now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow.

What is the value of the ballet class by Edgar degas?

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Degas' sculptures of hundreds of ballet dancers must be examined in pairs, or groups. Degas' relationship with Edouard Manet throughout the 1860s was seminal to Degas' approach to theatre, theatrical props, scenery and, most of all, the youngest and most callipygian dancers, first, in performance, then moreso, in repose, at more and more oblique, secretive, oblique and perhaps illicit angles.

Degas would sculpt one of his models face front, in a colloquial pose, then, more and more onward into the depth of his imagery, from further and further away from the 'consciousness', awareness, or perhaps, even permission of the model.

I don't say 'girl' in any of these referents, for I believe androgyny to be a powerful motivator in Degas' views of the loss of humanity and the development of the model as prop, scenery or even colour of what Degas believed to be the soul of performing art.


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I feel the exposition above shows that we should not look for symbolism here.

What was Degas' first painting sold?

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Something he did in art school, now forgotten.

Did Edgar Degas have any pets?

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yes he did. he had 3 German shepereds.

Why was Degas attracted to the soft effects of pastel chalks?

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To simulate gaslight atmosphere...

What year was Edgar degas born in?

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Edgar Degas was 83 when he died on September 27, 1917. He was born in Paris.

Interesting facts:

Edgar Degas original name was 'Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas'.

When his parents moved to paris their last name was Degas, but his father changed it to "De Gas" to seem more Parisian. In adulthood, Edgar changed his back to Degas.

Who was Edgar Degas mom?

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Edgar Degas was the eldest of five children of Célestine Musson De Gas and Augustin De Gas, a banker.

Is Edgar degas gay?

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yes

What was Edgar Degas known for painting the most of?

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Early in his career, his ambition was to be a history painter. He also painted portraits of individuals and groups, but was most famous for horses and dancers.

Here are some of his pieces,

The Bellelli Family

The Dance Class

At The Races

What materials did Edgar Degas use to make little dancer aged fourteen?

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Oil paint on canvas. From about 1880 Degas concentrated on pastel.

After his eyesight failed he did sculptures in wax.

He also experimented with etchings, lithographs and monotypes.

What was one of Degas's famous paintings?

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One of his MOST famous paintings was "Before The Exam (The Dancing Class),1880". The other is unknown.

How did French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas incorporate a characteristic of Japanese woodblock prints in Four Dancers?

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Both Degas and Gauguin used vibrant patterning, but Gauguin incorporated Japanese flat areas of color while Degas used expressive brushwork.

Where did Edgar Degas get Inspiration from?

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my mommy. her name is Mark.

Who was Edgar Degas?

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He was French and an accomplished painter and sculptor, known specially for his paintings of a ballet dancers. He molded, in wax and clay, exquisite small statues of dancers, female bathers, horses in motion. And was a very nice man.

What was Edgar Degas connection to New Orleans?

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he did amazing art.

How many ballerina painting did Edgar Degas paint?

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To which of Degas' works of ballet do you refer? To my knowledge, Degas is best known for paintings, drawings and bronzes of ballerinas and race horses. I am not familiar with a work specifically entitled "Ballet Girl", but would welcome an opportunity to be enlightened.