Degas, Edgar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...showing there and exhibited with the impressionists, whose works he admired although his...tradition of Ingres, Degas shared with the impressionists their directness of expression and...favorite subjects were ballet dancers, women at their toilette, cafe life, and...weight to the focus of interest, as in Woman with Chrysanthemums (1865; Metropolitan...