edgar degas for_kindergarten
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Edgar Degas For Kindergarten By: Mrs. Shari Jackson
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Edgar Degas He was a French artist/painter/sculptor. He was considered to be an impressionist, although he
did not often use bright colors. He called himself a realist, as his paintings looked more realistic detailed and his subjects were more common.
He painted light and movement. He often copied the great masters. He began painting when he was a young boy.Degas used pastels like paint. Degas was never married. He actually owned one of Van Gogh’s Sunflower
paintings.
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Degas painted this self-portrait when he was 21 years old. He painted over 2000 paintings in his lifetime. He always seemed to be working.
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Degas spent a lot of his time at the Paris Opera House. This was like going to the movies, at this time.
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Degas loved the ballet and he enjoyed painting ballet dancers and racehorses. He was fascinated by movement and strength.
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Degas learned that the rehearsals were more interesting than the actual ballet. He painted beautiful dancers doing ordinary things like stretching, chattering, tying laces, adjusting straps, yawning and resting.
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Degas was often bad tempered. He would apologize, later, for his unkind words.
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Many artist placed their subjects in the middle of the canvas. Degas often placed his subjects, to the side, and he would often draw the back of the room.
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Later in his life, Degas had a problem with his vision. Paintings created, later in his life, had less detail.
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(Marie van Goethem, The Little Dancer at age 14) Twenty bronze copies were made, after Degas passed away. She never became a famous dancer, but she did become famous.
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Dancer at the Bar
Now it is your turn to copy a master artist.