Edgar Degas
French | 1834 - 1917
Edgar Degas was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1834. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Musée d'Orsay in Paris and will be on exhibit at Musée d'Orsay in Paris on April 26, 2024. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fondation Beyeler, Basel have featured Edgar Degas's work in the past.Edgar Degas's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 41,610,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 41,610,000 USD for Petite danseuse de quatorze ans, sold at Christie's New York in 2022. Edgar Degas has been featured in articles for Artland Magazine, ArtDaily and Christie's Daily. The most recent article is The Birth of Impressionism Comes to Life in a Groundbreaking Exhibition in Paris written for ARTnews in April 2024. The artist died in 1917.
Artist's alternative names: Edgar Degas, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
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