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the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.

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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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