Know About Edgar Degas- A talented artist of yester century
Art is another name of creation and imagination which requires technical skill, patience, and consistent hard work. Every year many investors and collectors spend a lot of money on artworks made by world-renowned artists. Edgar Degas is a globally acknowledged fine artist of the 19th century. This French impressionist stunned the art world with his oil painting and pastel drawing skills. Today many art galleries showcase the excellent artworks of Edgar Degas. The following paragraphs shed light on the early life and artistic career of this French artist.
• Biography- Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas was born in a well-to-do French family in 1834. His mother died when he was only a teenager and he was brought up by his unmarried uncles. From childhood, Degas was very enthusiastic about art and he even worked as a copyist in the great Louvre Museum. Though his family expected him to be a lawyer, he enrolled at École des Beaux-Arts. After completing his course from this institution he started working on his first masterpiece "The Bellelli Family". But, he spent the majority of his early life copying the masterpieces of renaissance artists like Raphael, Titian, and many others aspiring to be a history painter. Edgar Degas spent his life as a proud artist of Paris. From the 1870s he suffered eye diseases and during his final years, he was completely blind. He died in 1917 in Paris.