# Edgar Degas

> He painted ballerinas adjusting straps and women alone in bathtubs - not because the subjects were pretty, but because the angles were true. Degas made Impressionism harder, colder, more interested in the body catching light than light catching feeling.

*French Impressionist artist (1834-1917)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** France
- **Born:** 1834-07-19
- **Died:** 1917-09-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas in Paris on 19 July 1834, he trained for history painting with rigorous academic discipline and a close eye on classical art. In his early thirties he pivoted, turning those traditional methods toward contemporary life: dancers mid-rehearsal, jockeys leaning into the track, bathers caught unaware. He worked in pastel, oil, bronze, and prints, but more than half of his output returned to one subject - dance. His portraits carried psychological weight and often framed their subjects in isolation. Though grouped with the Impressionists, he rejected the label, called himself a realist, and refused to paint outdoors. He died in Paris on 27 September 1917, a superb draftsman who spent decades watching movement and rendering it still.

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