His favorite subject was Ballet dancers, training or performing.
About 1200 Degas paintings are known today.
Paintings inspired him
Most of the 1200 he painted.Most of his paintings.
Degas' paintings are held in high esteem for their beauty and the amount of skill involved with completing them. His images of ballerinas are particularly well regarded.
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about 1200 that we know of
Degas is most famous for his painting and sculptures of women and girls dancing and of ballet.
http://www.notablebiographies.com/De-Du/Degas-Edgar.html Back in Paris in 1861, Degas executed a few history paintings (a painting that depicts a historical event; then regarded as the highest branch of painting). From 1862 to 1870 Degas painted portraits of his friends and family.
paintings, drawings and sculptures
Degas was well known for his ballerina paintings
There are six paintings of this title, but no two are alike.
Most people thought his paintings were good especially his ones of dancers.
why do most of edgar deags paintings have work as their primary theme'
He sold most of his 1200 paintings.
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Made sculptures and paintings he did, and put them in exhibits . and that is how he became famous . p.s we are talking about Edgar degas the ballerina painter
he didn't only paint ballerinas, he painted other things to, check out other paintings by Edward degas in books from the library or on the Internet!
Degas is most famous for his paintings of ballerinas and dancers. Some of his more famous works included The Young Spartans, and The Bellelli Family. Degas was an impressionist painter who influenced Mary Cassat and many other impressionists of the time.
Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French painter.
Monet, Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley, Morisot.