Edgar Degas began painting as a young boy and turned his bedroom into an artist's studio by age 18..
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Edgar Degas
(1834 1917) Painter
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Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar De Gas
Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France on July 19,
1834.
He was the eldest of 5 children in a
moderately wealthy family. In school, he studied
literature and his father wanted him to be a
lawyer. Degas began to paint, and knew he was an
artist.
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In 1855, heentered the Ecole des
BeauxArts and studied 1856, he
traveled to Italyand drew and painted copiesof
Renaissance 1860, he had made
morethan 700 copies of classicalpaintingsit
was his way oflearning how to be an artist.
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He returned to Paris in 1859 and moved into a
large studio. He began painting portraits,
paintings based on stories from history, and
horses. His work was classical in style, and was
accepted by the Salon (the salon was a big annual
art exhibition in Paris where works were judged
and careers were made and ruin