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noun - French impressionist painter (1834-1917)
verb - remove gas from
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| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) In "Three Ballet Dancers", he used pastels to transform awkward natural movements into balletic gestures |
| "The Dance Class" |
| A few years after serving as a captain in the Franco-Prussian War, he painted "Dancer with a Fan" |
| In the 1880s this French artist turned from painting ballerinas to casting them in bronze |
| "The Painted Girls" is a novel of 2 sisters in Paris, one of whom models for a dancer sculpture by this artist |
| The museum has several of this man's sculptures, including a dancer looking at the bottom of her foot |
| Partial blindness compelled him to stop painting ballerinas circa 1898 |
| Time to attend the dancing class seen here painted by this 19th Century Frenchman |
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| To remove gas from. |
| make or become free of unwanted or excess gas. |
| remove gas from |
| Make or become free of unwanted or excess gas. |
| Degas description |
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| Edgar Degas (US: or UK: ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, French: [il m da d ]; 19 July 1834 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, although he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist. He was a superb draftsman, and particularly masterly in depicting movement, as can be seen in his rendition of dancers, racecourse subjects and female nudes. His portraits are notable for their psychological complexity and for their portrayal of human isolation.At the beginning of his career, Degas wanted to be a history painter, a calling for which he was well prepared by his rigorous academic training and close study of classic art. In his early thirties, he changed course, and by bringing the traditional methods of a history painter to bear on contemporary subject matter, |