Edgar Degas

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draughtsman human painter printmaker sculptor

Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist painter and sculptor renowned for his innovative depictions of ballet dancers, everyday urban life, and intimate interior scenes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas 7
Degas 2
Degas family 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf draughtsman ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
associatedWith Café Guerbois circle ⓘ
Palais Garnier, Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris Opéra
birthName Edgar Degas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
burialPlace Cimetière de Montmartre ⓘ
causeOfDeath brain hemorrhage ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
countryOfBirth France ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1834-07-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1917-09-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
familyName Edgar Degas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Degas
father Auguste De Gas ⓘ
fieldOfWork drawing ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre ballet painting ⓘ
genre painting ⓘ
nude ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
givenName Edgar ⓘ
Germain ⓘ
Hilaire ⓘ
influenced Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ⓘ
Mary Cassatt ⓘ
Walter Sickert ⓘ
influencedBy Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
Gustave Courbet ⓘ
Japanese prints ⓘ
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ⓘ
knownFor depictions of everyday urban life ⓘ
intimate interior scenes ⓘ
paintings of ballet dancers ⓘ
pastel drawings ⓘ
sculptures of dancers ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mother Célestine Musson ⓘ
movement Impressionism ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
surface form: Modern art

Realism ⓘ
name Edgar Degas self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableWork At the Races ⓘ
Little Dancer of Fourteen Years ⓘ
L’Absinthe ⓘ
Place de la Concorde ⓘ
The Dance Class ⓘ
surface form: The Ballet Class

The Bellelli Family ⓘ
The Dance Class ⓘ
The Tub ⓘ
Women Ironing ⓘ
numberOfImpressionistExhibitionsParticipated 7 ⓘ
participatedIn Impressionist exhibitions ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
sibling René Degas ⓘ
studiedUnder Louis Lamothe ⓘ
styleCharacteristic depiction of artificial light ⓘ
focus on movement and gesture ⓘ
unusual cropping and viewpoints ⓘ
use of pastel ⓘ
visited Italy ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
workLocation New Orleans ⓘ
Paris ⓘ

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Célestine Musson → relative → Edgar Degas ⓘ
René Degas → relative → Edgar Degas ⓘ
René Degas → sibling → Edgar Degas ⓘ
Hilaire → usedAsFirstNameOf → Edgar Degas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
Germain → usedAsMiddleNameOf → Edgar Degas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas