DEGAS, EdgarAbsinthe Drinkers1876Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarAbsinthe Drinkers (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarAbsinthe Drinkers (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarAbsinthe Drinkers (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarAbsinthe Drinkers (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 92 x 68 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, Edgar

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DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarThe Dance Class (detail)1873-76Oil on canvas, 88 x 75 cmMusée d'Orsay, Paris

DEGAS, EdgarAt the Mirrorc. 1889Pastel on paper, 49 x 64 cmKunsthalle, Hamburg

DEGAS, EdgarAt the Mirror (detail)c. 1889Pastel on paper, 49 x 64 cmKunsthalle, Hamburg

DEGAS, EdgarAt the Mirror (detail)c. 1889Pastel on paper, 49 x 64 cmKunsthalle, Hamburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

DEGAS, EdgarPlace de la Concorde (detail)1876Oil on canvas, 79 x 118 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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DEGAS, Edgar

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French painter and sculptor, known especially for his paintings of ballet dancers. Other subjects that he frequently returned to include

horse races, women bathing, and portraits of friends and relatives.

Degas combined a modern focus on the creation of unusual compositions and the rendering of movement with a traditional emphasis on skillful drawing. Degas is

usually classed with the Impressionism, but he stood somewhat apart from the other artists in this group. He did not share the Impressionists' fascination with natural

light and its effects, and he disliked painting directly from nature, preferring instead to work in the studio.

Moreover, Degas had little interest in landscape - the primary subject matter of the Impressionists - and concentrated instead on the human figure. Also unlike the

Impressionists, Degas was interested in drawing and emphasized line in his work.