Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Mauresque (Woman in a Moorish Costume) 1869 Oil on canvas, 99.7 x 59 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Lise Tréhot, Renoir’s first mistress, model, and muse, is here depicted with quiet eroticism by that artist’s friend and colleague, Bazille.…
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…