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Self-Portrait by Edgar Degas

Self-Portrait

Edgar Degas · 1854

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Artist
Edgar Degas
Date
1854
Location
Musée d'Orsay
ART MOVEMENTS
Impressionism
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THE ARTIST

Edgar Degas

1834–1917 · France

Captured ballet dancers and modern Parisian life in pastels with an eye as precise as a photographer's lens.

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