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Edgar Degas

Also known as Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas, Ėdgar Dega, Edgar Germain Hilaire Degas, Edgar Dega, Hilarie Germain Edgar Degas, H. G. E. Degas, E. Degas, Hilaire Germain Degas

French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)

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Edgar Degas was a French painter, sculptor, poet, and printmaker associated with the Impressionism movement. He was born in Paris in 1834 and died there in 1917 due to an aneurysm and stroke. Degas resided in New Orleans at one point and was a member of the Ligue de la Patrie Française. He studied under Louis Lamothe, Hippolyte Flandrin, and Paul Flandrin, and was educated at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and Lycée Louis-le-Grand.

His notable works include Count Lepic and His Daughters, Young Spartans Exercising, and The Ballet Class. Degas suffered from blindness later in life and is buried at Montmartre Cemetery. He had one student, Ernest Rouart. Degas also authored works such as Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier and Degas, das plastiche Werke.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1834
Died: 1917
Works: 188

Top works

Catalogue des tableaux, pastels et dessins par Edgar Degas et provenant de son atelier
Degas, das plastiche Werke
Ballet dancers
Edgar Degas
Degas

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1834
Active to: 1917

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 25
Total plays: 59

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences
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Statistical power analyses using G*Power 3.1: Tests for correlation and regression analyses
· 2009 · cited 31,471x
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· 2010 · cited 18,965x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x

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Quotes

“Boredom soon overcomes me when I am contemplating nature.”
“Make portraits of people in familiar and typical positions, above all give their faces the same choice of expression one gives their bodies. Thus if laughter is typical for a person, make him laugh – there are, naturally, feelings that one cannot render…”
“We also consider that Miss Berthe Morisot's [woman painter in French Impressionism who got later married with a brother of Eduard Manet] name and talent are too important to us to do without. [Degas is referring to her participation in the first Impressionist's show he was preparing, then; he was in strong opposition to Eduard Manet who wanted to exclude Berthe Morisot)”
“J'ai vraiment, un vrai bagage dans la tête. S'il y avait pour cela, comme il y a partout ici, des compagnies d'assurance, voilà un ballot je ferais assurer de suite.”
“I put it [a still life of a pear, made by Manet there [on the wall, next to Ingres' painting 'Jupiter'], for a pear like that would overthrow any god.”
“Your pictures would have been finished a long time ago if I were not forced every day to do something to earn money.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Edgar Degas ( UK: /ˈdeɪɡɑː/, US: /deɪˈɡɑː, dəˈɡɑː/; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints, and drawings. Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist, and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did.

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