EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT
             Self-Portrait Oil Painting  by Edgar Degas 

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  A highly important and detailed 1865 masterpiece, a part of a long list of self-portraits produced by the artist. A Realist painter is what he wanted to be known for, and here, this is his most important example. To get a portrait more realistic, you would need to study 'The Mona Lisa', hundreds of years ago. Additionally, Edgar's banker was his Italian father, Augustin De Gas, and they devoted their bachelor lives to accumulating art, trailing the extraordinary with Edgar traveling the world.  He was  Collecting  'Art for Art's Sake.'                

         Zoom in to see 'The Mona Lisa Smile.'