Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas The full name of Edgar Degas is Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas. De Gas, often called Degas, was a French painter, sculptor, and print member of the Impressionist movement and was well-known for his depictions of Parisian life. He passed away on September 27, 1917, in Paris. Degas's primary subject was the human—particularly the female—figure, something he investigated in works spanning from his early melancholy portraiture to his Impressionism studies of laundresses, nightclub singers, seamstresses, and prostitutes. Throughout his career, he would be preoccupied with ballet dancers and ladies in the restroom. Degas was the sole Impressionist who successfully bridged...
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