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Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, fils de Pierre Laurent Hilaire Hyacinthe de Gas, banquier à Naples, et Marie Célestine Musson, est né à Paris le 19 juillet 1834[1][2]. Il a été baptisé le 21 août suivant par Jean Monod, pasteur de l’Église Réformée de Paris, avec pour parrain Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Germain Musson, son grand-père maternel, et pour marraine Laure Clotilde de Gas, sa tante paternelle[2]. Degas était un célibataire. Il est décédé le 27 septembre 1917 dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris.[3]
En 1873, Degas se rend à la Nouvelle-Orléans pour rencontrer une partie la famille de sa mère. Ceux-ci lui demandent des portraits et il décide de faire un portrait collectif, sur le thème du coton qu'il découvre à la Nouvelle-Orléans.
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas was the son of Pierre Laurent Hilaire Hyacinthe de Gas, a banker in Naples (Italy) and Marie Célestine Husson. He was born in Paris on 19 July 1834[1][2]. He was baptized the following 21 August by Jean Monod, Pastor of the Reformed Church of Paris. His godparents were his maternal grandfather, Jean-Baptiste-Étienne-Germain Musson, and his paternal aunt Laure Clotilde de Gas[2].
Edgar Degas never married. He died on 27 September 1917 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.[3]
Occupation: Artist, The famous Impressionist painter.
Burial at Cimetiere de Montmartre, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
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