"Ballerina" by Edgar Dugas

February 18, 2010

Biography

Born:

July 19, 1834 in Paris, France

Grew up:

In Paris France

Died:

September 27, 1917in Paris, France

For education Edgar went to the school Louis-le-Grand a school for the elite. He then went on to enroll to Faculty of Law but then in 1855 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.

In 1856 he went to Italy first visiting family. 1857 he visited Rome. 1859 he returned to Paris and set up a stdio at rue Laval.

He never married and never had kids.

"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people." by Edgar Degas

Sources:

http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/degas/degas.html

http://www.notablebiographies.com/De-Du/Degas-Edgar.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_kids_did_Edgar_Degas_have

http://annevdns.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ballerina.jpg