He studied dancers because he was interested in how the human body works.
Edgar Degas did.
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.
Yes, he did, bot more dancers and horses.
He was interested in bodies at work.
His favorite subject was ballet dancers, who he painted at dancing school and at performances.
He had his own dance studio and when they had a break he would sketch them fixing their shoes.
Yes.
Degas painted a lot of ballet dancers, because he liked to study the human body in action.
They were anonymous.
Edgar Degas.
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Degas painted in the impressionist style.