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Edgar Degas Essay Preview: Edgar Degas Report this essay Edgar Degas Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, or Edgar Degas as he was known by, was born July 19, 1834 in Paris, France to Auguste and Celestine Degas. At the age of eighteen, he started taking painting seriously and made himself a studio. In 1853, Degas began copying paintings.