The Artist I chose was Edgar Degas. I chose him because I like his art. His paintings of the ballerina's are my favorite of all his paintings. They are very real looking and it was almost like you can actually see the movement, or what she was going to do next.
Edgar was a great painter, even though he joked about himself by saying he was the least spontaneous artist alive. Degas was born on July 19th, 1834 in Paris, France. While he was alive he attended Lycee Louis-Le-Grand which was a prestigious and rigorous boys' secondary school. He also attended the University of Paris and Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, which was a school of fine arts. Edgar lived into the 20th century and died on September 27, 1917.
What I found intresting about Degas was that he disorts the human figure to make more intresting paintings. He liked to create unusual poses and cut off figures in different ways. It actually made his paintings look more real and intresting to look at.
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