It was Degas dream to paint from a very young age and he was influenced by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. He studied drawing at École des Beaux-Arts and was friends with Manet, Renoir, Gaugin and Monet throughout his life.
Yes, he started and went on until he died.
Paintings inspired him
he was about 13
No, it is a pastel.
The french painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was famous for both his painting and scupltures of dancers. Google the painting 'Ballet Rehearsal' or 'Little Dancer of Fourteen Years' to see some of his best work.
Edgar Degas, born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas 19 July 1834 - 27 September 1917
I think it is Dance Class at the Opera
Yes, it is.
It is a bronze sculpture with textile clothes added.
Not the exterior, but on painting is called Miss Cassatt in the Louvre.
why do most of edgar deags paintings have work as their primary theme'
A ballet scene in 1908. He then gave up painting and did some sculptures.