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Edgar Degas Post-impressionist Painter Life Born July 19th, 1834 in Paris, France Son of a wealthy banker, encouraged by aristocratic family to pursue art from a young age Started at the Ecole de Beaux Arts, but left for Italy in 1854 Studied Renaissance works for 5 years before returning to Paris Worked as a portrait artist, and theatrical scene painter Died Sept. 27, 1917, Paris, France Art Psychology of movement, expression, contour, and form His idol was the painter Jean Auguste Ingres Early work combined classical and romantic styles Late 1860’s moved to more contemporary style, Post-impressionism In the 1870’s the female ‘ballet dancer’ became his favorite and most well known theme to this day His work reveals brush strokes, placing un-natural colors side by side to give expressive quality Focused on texture, color, and form The Singer in Green, 1960. The Dance Class, 1874 The Sitting Dancer, 1880. “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.” -Edgar Degas