Edgar Degas’ Death – Cause and Date

The painter Edgar Degas died at the age of 83. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

French Impressionist painter whose famous ballet-themed works included “Dance Class” and “Fin d’Arabesque.” Considered to be one of the founders of Impressionism, a term he refused to accept.

He was born into a wealthy family and was one of five children born to Celestine Musson and Augustin Degas, who worked as a banker.

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No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

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Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

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In painting you must give the idea of the true by means of the false.

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Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.

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What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it’s charming.