Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
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- Born in
- Paris
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Trending topics shown first"If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now an…"
"I assure you no art was ever less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and study of the great masters; of inspiration, spontaneity, temperament — temperament is the word — I kn…"
"Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience; but these women of mine are honest, simple folk, unconcerned by any other interests than those involved in their ph…"
"Make a drawing. Start it all over again, trace it. Start it and trace it again."
"An artist is a deception.. ..an artist is only an artist at certain times, by an effort of will.. ..the study of nature is a cliché; isn't Manet the living proof? For although he prided himself on sla…"
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Timeline
1834
Born
Birth1917
Died
Death
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