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Degas at the Getty features 14 works that span the length of his career , highlighting three of Degas ’ key subjects — portraits , popular entertainment and social life , and bathers . " The Burghers are not a professional or occupational group of the kind Degas favored , and their gestures have less to do with the eroding force of habit than with the engulfing force of emotion . Degas ' group composition was scarcely a copy of old methods ; on the contrary , it was an amazing development of these methods , drawing on the centuries-old tradition of figurative painting and combining it with the artistic investigations and insights which came following Impressionism , from Seurat to early Mondrian . The two ballerinas , reminiscent of the dancers painted by French Artist Edgar Degas , are mourning the death of the dancer while remaining in a choreographed pose , which contributes to the otherworldly quality of this work . A good friend by name Krishnachaitanya ( nicknamed Dega from his surname ) lent me his friend 's guitar ( which is why he is good - he takes care of his own things :-) ) and a chord-dictionary which I used to develop crude guitar-rhythm-playing ability . Historically , many of my favourite cards have been white Wizards , like Auramancer , and , uh , Dega Disciple . Under the influence of Legros Constantine developed a keen interest in French 19th century paintings purchasing works by Delacroix , Degas , Millet and Rousseau .