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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Edgar Degas

Names:
Other: Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas 
Dates:  1834 - 1917
Born:  France, Paris
Active:  France
Gender:  Male
 
  
French painter and sculptor.

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Daniel, Malcolm, with essays by Eugenia Parry and Theodore Reff, 1998, Edgar Degas: Photographer, (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art) [Δ
  
 
  
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Portraits 
  
If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful. 
  
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Family history 
  
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Internet biographies

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist. 
[NOTE: This is a subscription service and you will need to pay an annual fee to access the content.]
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Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on Edgar Degas.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Naef, Weston 1995 The J. Paul Getty Museum - Handbook of the Photographic Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum) p.140-141 
  
• Newhall, Beaumont 1982 The History of Photography - Fifth Edition (London: Secker & Warburg) [One or more photographs by Edgar Degas are included in this classic history.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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