Artwork

René-Hilaire de Gas, Grandfather of the Artist

Artist: Edgar Degas
Date: 1856
Collection: National Gallery of Art

French Impressionist celebrated for his depictions of dancers, bathers, and racehorses — capturing movement and modern life with restless compositional invention.

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