1. Post-impressionist Painter
Edgar Degas
Post-impressionist Painter

2. 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

3. 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

4. Art Work

5. The Singer in Green, 1960.

6. The Dance Class, 1874

7. The Sitting Dancer, 1880.

8. “A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy
“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