Tag: Bazille

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…

La robe rose (1864)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La robe rose (The Pink Dress) 1864 Oil on canvas, 110 x 148 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Originally from Montpellier, Bazille moved to Paris in 1862 to continue studying medicine. While attending the university, he used to visit Gleyre’s…

Autoportrait (1865-1866)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-portrait) 1865–1866 Oil on canvas, 108.9 x 71.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Frédéric Bazille was in his mid-20s when he executed this startlingly direct self-portrait. Depicted against a dark background with only his palette and brushes…

Art Institute of Chicago

Founded: 1879; in present location since 1893 Address: 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603, United States Website: https://www.artic.edu/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

La Toilette (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) La Toilette 1870 Oil on canvas, 130 x 128 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Inspired by the orientalist imagination as well as the biblical universe, the painting depicts a modern Bathsheba being prepared by two servants for nuptial union. This…

Musée Fabre (Montpellier)

Founded: 1825 Opened: 1828 Location: 39, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, 34000, Montpellier Website: https://www.museefabre.fr/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…

Montpellier (France)

Museums: • Musée Fabre: 13, rue Montpelliéret Births: • Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) • Gréco, Juliette (1927-2020) See also: • Cities | France

Paysage au bord du Lez (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Paysage au bord du Lez 1870 Oil on canvas, 137.16 x 200.66 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In June 1870, Bazille informed his father “I have just about finished a large landscape (eclogue).” Two weeks later he…

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Established: 1883 Location: 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN Website: https://new.artsmia.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also:…

Scène d’été (1869)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Scène d’été / Les Baigneurs (Summer Scene / Bathers) 1869 Oil on canvas, 160 x 160.7 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge When this painting was first exhibited at the Salon of 1870, critic and artist Zacharie Astruc wrote of Bazille,…