Degas Paintings picturesAdvanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 43 high resolution image entries
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Contest Directions: 
Past Saturday the artistic world celebrated the 174th birthday of one of the most famous French artists - Edgar Degas. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, even though he more preferred to be called a realist.
Degas started painting seriously very early in his life. Obsessed with painting, he turned his room into an artist studio by the age of 18. His father - a wealthy French banker - was originally against Edgar's love for art and wanted him to become a lawyer instead. At the age of 21, Degas dropped out of Law school and went to Italy for three years where he copied the works of Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian. Degas talent flourished under the guidance of his first teacher
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, whose first advice to Edgar was "draw lines, young man, many lines..."
To celebrate the 174th birthday of Edgar Degas, photoshop his works any way you wish. Some examples are - showing how his paintings would be different if he created them nowadays, including modern elements in his works, making them promote and endorse products and services, including celebrities and politicians in his art, hiring Degas to do movie posters, etc.
Here's a good example.
And, please, NO REMBRANDT chops in this contest, you pranksters :)
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Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1
Started: 7/21/2008 5:00:00 PM, Ended: 7/24/2008 6:00:00 PM
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