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Make portraits of people in typical, familiar poses, being sure above all to give their faces the same kind of expression as their bodies.

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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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Make
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Portraiture
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Poses
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Giving
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