Edgar Degas Edgar Degas was born in Paris, in 1834, into an aristocratic family. In his childhood, Degas was never short of money. Throughout his life, unlike others, he never doubted his vocation as a painter. Also, Degas' family, unlike the families of other great artists like Michelangelo, always supported his ambition to become an artist. This support was one of the best things he had going for him because he was a very shy person. …showed first 75 words of 289 total…

…showed last 75 words of 289 total… magnificent paintings but sadly not very many friends at all. Impressionism, a major movement in painting that developed chiefly in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Impressionist painting comprises the work produced between about 1867 and 1886 by a group of artists who shared a set of related approaches and techniques. Characteristics of impressionism were an attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and color.