Edgar degas videos for kids

Bon jour!

Edgar degas videos for kids

This is the Edgar Degas biography for kids. I am Edgar Degas from France in the s.

Yes, France in the s, the time of the Impressionist Movement. The movement so named when a critic called our works “impressionism” because he thought our art works seemed more like sketches than finished paintings.

The movement of “in plain air” or natural light.

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I suppose I am part of this movement but I differ from my colleagues in that I like classical themes and realism. Please call me a Realist!

I mostly taught myself to paint, and I studied in Italy for a while as a young man.

I studied the Old Masters like Rembrandt, for copying is the best way to learn! At first, I wanted to be a history painter, and I painted scenes such as Alexander and Bucephalus &#; you know, of Alexander the Great and his magnificent horse whom he named Bucephalus.

I exhibited at the Salon &#; you know, the French art show &#; for the first time in , showing m