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Edgar Degas
(b. July 19, 1834, Paris, Fr.--d. Sept. 27, 1917, Paris)
Degas, (Hilaire-Germain-) Edgar
(b. July 19, 1834, Paris, Fr. d. Sept. 27, 1917, Paris)
French artist, acknowledged as the master of drawing the human figure
in motion. Degas worked in many mediums, preferring pastel to all
others. He is perhaps best known for his paintings, drawings, and
bronzes of ballerinas and of race horses.
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
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