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Details of Degas' Life and Biography

Edgar Degas came in the world on 19th July 1834 in a family of a wealthy banker. He was the oldest of five children, two brothers and two sisters.

His father, Augustin de Gas, was a prosperous Neapolitan banker, his mother, Celestine Musson, was from New Orleans and belonged to a French family that settled in America.

From 1845 to 1852 he received a classical education at Lycee Louis-le-Gran.

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There he also met his long-time friends Henri Rouart, Paul Valpinçon and Ludovic Halevy. He abandoned the law career, determined to become an artist.

From an early age Degas showed an interest in art and his parents allowing him to set up a studio in the house.

Amongst the Degas' friends were several eminently wealthy art collectors and government officials who encouraged Edgar, already self-taught, by allowing him to study and copy their art treasures. By the time he was eighteen Degas had also obtained permission to