What education did Edgar Degas have?
He began his schooling with enrollment in the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, graduating in 1853 with a baccalauréat in literature. In 1853 he registered as a copyist in the Louvre. His father, however, expected him to go to law school. Degas duly registered at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris in November 1853, but made little effort at his studies there.In April of 1855 Degas received admission to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where he studied drawing with Louis Lamothe.
