nonfigurative artist

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• Degas, Edgar — ▪ French artist Introduction in full  Hilaire Germain Edgar De Gas  later  Degas  born July 19, 1834, Paris, France died September 27, 1917, Paris       French painter, sculptor, and printmaker who was prominent in the Impressionist… …   Universalium

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