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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834 in Paris, France. He attended the Lycee Louis-le-Grand which is a private school for boys. After graduation, Edgar announced that he wanted to be a painter and was enrolled to take art classes in Paris. He then traveled to Italy where he painted and recreated projects from some of the greatest artists from the past. After traveling around Europe for three years, Edgar became especially interested in drawing horses and dancers. He was known for being an artist in the Impressionist era. Impressionist artists created their works by showing the realities in the world using bright colors. They also concentrated on the effect that light made on their paintings. Edgar was most famous for his paintings, drawings, sketches, and sculptures. It is believed that around 1907 Degas began working with pastels and in 1912 he stopped working altogether. At the end of his days, Edgar Degas was nearly blind, and he finally died on September 27, 1917.