Edgar Degas (, US: /deɪˈɡɑː, dəˈɡɑː/; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [ilɛːʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ ɛdɡaʁ də ɡa]; 19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas afterward produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is especially identified when the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Although Degas is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist, and did not paint outdoors as many Impressionists did.
Degas was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers and bathing female nudes. In supplement to ballet dancers and bathing women, Degas painted racehorses and racing jockeys, as without difficulty as portraits. His portraits are notable for their psychological profundity and for their portrayal of human isolation.
At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a chronicles painter, a calling for which he was capably prepared by his rigorous academic training and near study of classical art. In his to the lead thirties, he untouched course, and by bringing the conventional methods of a records painter to bear upon contemporary subject matter, he became a classical painter of radical life.
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