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Hilaire German Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834. He was the son of Auguste de Gas, a banker, and Celestine Musson de Gas, an American from New Orleans. Edgar was the oldest of the five children Auguste and Celestine had. Their family was members of the middle class, however, for many years their family spelled their name “de Gas” which thanks to the preposition “de” suggested that their family was from a land-owning aristocratic background. It wasn’t until 1870 that Edgar changed his name to the less aristocratic sounding “Degas.”
You could say that Edgar Degas was born with artistic blood running through his veins after all his mother, Celestine, was an amateur opera singer and his father, Auguste, would arrange for

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