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Two Dancers on a Stage, 1874

Edgar Degas

Edgar Degas was a French artist born on July 19, 1834. Degas contributed to the Impressionist movement and died on September 27, 1917. Get notified when Edgar Degas's biography is complete:

Man on a couch

1855

Self Portrait with Fedora

1857-1858

Young Woman with Ibis

1860-1862

Portrait of Estelle Balfour

1865

Head of a Yound Woman

1867

Study of a Seated Woman

1868-1869

Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon

1871

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage

1874

Two Dancers on a Stage

1874

Dancers Practicing at the Barre

1877

Mary Cassatt

1880-1884

Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs

1877-1885

Portrait of Zacherie Zacharian

1886

Berthe Morisot

The soul of Impressionism

1841-1895

Mary Cassatt

The unflinching embrace of motherhood

1844-1926

Edgar Degas

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."

1834-1917
18012000
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