SNAPSHOT OF AN ARTIST Edgar Degas

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas was born in Paris, 19 July 1834 and died Paris 27th Sept 1917. He was born into a properous banking family, had an elite schooling and social set. During the 1870s he developed a reputation as a painter of dancers. This was influenced by his love of music and the opera. His next theme was the racecourse. By the mid 1870s he began working with pastels
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