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He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

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Edgar Degas
Age: 83 †
Born: 1834
Born: July 19
Died: 1917
Died: September 27
Artist
Draftsperson
Drawer
Engraver
Graphic Artist
Lithographer
Painter
Photographer
Poet
Sculptor
Paris
France
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A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime.
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