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Autoportrait (1865-1867)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Autoportrait (Self-Portrait with Detachable Collar) 1865–1867 Oil on canvas, 53.98 x 46.04 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

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…

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…

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,…

L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (1870)

Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) L’Atelier de la rue Condamine (Bazille’s Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine) 1870 Oil on canvas 98 x 128 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris L’Atelier de la rue Condamine: the figures The Rue Condamine today. Born into a notable family…

Frédéric Bazille peignant le héron (1867)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Frédéric Bazille peignant le héron (Frédéric Bazille painting the heron) 1867 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75.5 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier Deposited by the Musée d’Orsay, 2006 (inv. D2006.3.5) Beyond being a simple portrait, this painting conceals the presence…

La loge (1874)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841–1919) La loge (The Theater Box) 1874 Oil on canvas, 80 x 63.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Pierre-Auguste Renoir showed La Loge (The Theatre Box)  at the first Impressionist group exhibition in Paris in 1874. The painting was designed make an impact there.…

Monet peignant dans son jardin à Argenteuil (1873)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Monet peignant dans son jardin à Argenteuil (Monet painting in his garden at Argenteuil) 1873 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 59.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford In the summer of 1873, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was staying with his friend Claude Monet…

Les Fiancés (c.1868)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Fiancés, dit Le Ménage Sisley (A Couple) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Probably we shall never establish beyond doubt the identity of the lady depicted in the painting. For a long…