Edgar Degas Research Paper

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Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834, in Paris, France; and he grew to be an influential artist throughout the world. At a young age, he showed his talent and wanted to become an artist. Degas went to school at Lyee Louis-Le-Grand. He went to that school for a year and then he decided to take time off and travel while painting and studying in Italy. Edgar came from a musically talented family his mother was an opera singer and his father was a composer. This is how he got interested in the arts.
Through his painting years, Degas painted large portraits and historical paintings “The Daughter of Jephthah,” “Semiramis Building Babylon” and “Scene War” during the middle ages. He gave these paintings to teachers and French artist. “During the

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