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We do not know exactly why
Mr. Edgar Degas
was classified among the impressionists. He has a distinct personality and, in the group of so-called innovators, he stands apart. »
Such was the verdict of an art critic after his visit to the third Impressionist exhibition, in the spring of 1877. A question then tormented good artistic society: what was this talented painter doing in the midst of these louts? Some people thought he was crazy. Others for an opportunist who, after having made a name for himself among eccentrics, would certainly appear at the Salon des Champs-Elysées before...
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