Edgar Degas was born on 19 July 1834 in Paris. A French artist, Degas is associated with the Impressionists, though he rejected the label and preferred to be called a realist. He is best known for his pictures of ballet dancers, which show rehearsals and backstage scenes in unusual angles and cropped compositions, as well as for scenes of racehorses, bathers and laundresses. A masterly draftsman, he worked in oil, pastel and sculpture, including the Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. He took part in most of the Impressionist exhibitions. In later life his eyesight failed, and he lived reclusively in Paris.
Before and after
- 1834Electric motor
- 1834Construction of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- 27 January 1834Birth of Dmitri Mendeleev
- 16 February 1834Birth of Ernst Haeckel
- 19 July 1834Birth of Edgar Degas
- 1835Publication of Kalevala
- 1835Coriolis force
- 2 June 1835Birth of Pius X
- 27 July 1835Birth of Giosuè Carducci
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- 1890Rise of Art Nouveau
- c. 1900sRise of Expressionism
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- c. 1910sRise of Dada
The era
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