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Contemporary life
Degas had shifted from his initial forays into history painting to an original observation of contemporary life. -
Impressionist
Degas is often identified as an Impressionist, an understandable but insufficient description. -
Oil
Degas had mastered not only the traditional medium of oil on canvas, but pastel as well. -
End of Impressionism
By changing the theme in his works, he changed his technique and style in the same way. The palette of opaque colors was replaced by much more vivid colors and much more marked brushstrokes.