num_pages: 32
description: Many years ago, Marie hoped to be a famous ballerina, but because her family had too little money for lessons she began modeling at the ballet school. The painter for whom she modeled was the artist, Edgar Degas. As Degas' figure of The Little Dancer took shape, Marie began to feel sympathy for the bad-tempered artist. When the sculpture was finished, thousands of art lovers came to see the statue, making Marie the most famous dancer of all. Here is an exquisite introduction to the life of a great nineteenth-century French artist, with beautiful impressionistic illustrations and reproductions of Degas' own work.
language: English
title: Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story About Edgar Degas
titlecomplete: Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story About Edgar Degas (Anholt's Artists)
characters: Edgar Degas
genres: Family, Biography, France, 2nd Grade, Picture Books, 1st Grade, Nonfiction, Childrens, Art, History
ratings_count: 406
series: Anholt's Artists
publisher: B E S Pub Co