Edgar Degas (UK: / ˈ d eɪ ɡ ɑː/, US: / d eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː, d ə ˈ ɡ ɑː/; [1 ] [2 ] 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…
Discover our collection of fine art prints by French Impressionist painter, Edgar Degas, featuring his celebrated works of ballet dancers, portraits and horses. Produced in collaboration with world-leading museums and galleries, including…
Edgar Degas, rodným jménem Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas (19. července 1834 Paříž – 27. září 1917 Paříž), byl francouzský malíř, který byl považován za impresionistu, za něhož se ale sám nikdy nepovažoval, i když byl jedním z hlavních…
Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), was a French painter, print-maker and sculptor. He was moreover an active organizer of several Impressionist exhibitions, but never painted 'plain air' himself.
The eldest son of a Parisian banker, Edgar Degas reinforced his formal academic art training by copying Old Master paintings both in Italy, where he spent three years (1856–1859), and at the Louvre.
Edgar Degas was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker who was prominent in the Impressionist group and widely celebrated for his images of Parisian life. Degas’s principal subject was the human figure, which he explored in studies of…