By eighteen, he had turned a room in his home into an artist's studio, and in 1853 he registered as a copyist in the Louvre. In April 1855 Degas received admission to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Degas painted in the impressionist style.
Both of them have painted families, Degas in more instances.
Yes, he did.
Degas was a painter, Horseracing in Longhcamps is oil paint on canvas.
Most painters after 1450 have used oil paint. So did Degas.
Between 1871 and 1874
about 1200 that we know of
From 1852 till his death in 1917.
He was about 40.
Oil paint and in some cases pastels.
Oil paint, pastel, graphics, sculpture.
They could be bought in a paint shop.