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Edgar Degas: The Eccentric and Bizarre Artist On July 19th 1834 a new muse was brought into the world. This muse was Hilaire Germain Edgar de Gas, otherwise known as Edgar Degas, child of Pierre August Hyacinte de Gas and Celestine Musson. This birth took place in Paris on rue Saint George. Edgar had a French nationality and began his art studies as a student with Jean-August Dominique Ingres, a master of classical art. In the year 1860 he gave up his academic career to pursue his art, but instead of painting realistically, as he had been doing, he changed to impressionism, as it was the impressionist movement that really influenced him. This was the beginning of a long and successful career for Edgar Degas as an impressionist artist. Although he created his paintings for him and his liking, many other great impressionist artists’ influenced him. Two of these were Manet and Mary Cassatt. Mary in particular, who became great friends with Dega