Tag: 1868

Le Garçon au chat (1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Garçon au chat (Young Boy with a Cat) 1868 Oil on canvas, 123.5 x 66 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The Boy with the Cat has not given up all its secrets. This male nude has no equivalent in…

Andrew Johnson

(1808–1875) 17th President of the United States (1865–1869) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

James Buchanan

(1791–1868) 15th President of the United States (1857–1861) See also: • Presidents of the United States | United States

Fleurs (1868)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Fleurs (Flowers) 1868 Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble Coming from a large Protestant family in Montpellier, Frédéric Bazille was destined for a career as a doctor. However, in 1862 he entered Gleyre’s studio…

Manet et son chevalet (1868-1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Manet et son chevalet (Manet and his Easel) 1868–1870 Charcoal, blue and white chalk on blue laid paper faded to yellow-gray, 29.5 x 21.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This sensitive drawing testifies to the collaboration and…

Vue de village (1868)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Vue de village (View of the Village) 1868 Oil on canvas, 137.5 x 85.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Produced in Montpellier on the family property of Mas Méric overlooking the Lez and the village of Castelnau, the Village View…

Réunion de famille (1867-1868)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Réunion de famille (Family Reunion) 1867–1868 Oil on canvas 152 x 230 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Before his early death in battle during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, Frédéric Bazille was close to Renoir and Monet, particularly admiring their…

1868

Rulers: • Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (1865-1869) • Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886) • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901) Births: • Avril, Jane (1868-1943) • Bernard, Émile (1868-1941) • Claudel, Paul (1868-1955) • La Carmencita (1868-1910) •…