To make others see . . .

Today is the birthday of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas (July 19, 1834 – September 27, 1917), best known as the artist Edgar Degas, one of the founders of Impressionism.

• "Edgar Degas is usually classed with the impressionists, and he exhibited with them in seven of the eight impressionist exhibitions. However, his training in classical drafting and his dislike of painting directly from nature produced a style that represented a related alternative to impressionism." direct quote source (1)

Dance Class at the Opera on Le Peletier Str.

Edgar Degas

oil on canvas (1872)

33 × 46 cm

Musee d'Orsay

Paris, France

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Edgar Degas

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things." - Edgar Degas

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." - Edgar Degas


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