"Blue Dancers" painter Edgar (5)

I believe the answer is:

degas

(Other definitions for degas that I've seen before include "French impressionist painter, d. 1917" , "Edgar -, c. Nineteen-twenty Fr. painter" , "Edgar ---, ballet-dancer painter" , "French painter of ballet girls etc" , "Edgar --, French painter and sculptor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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