Frédéric Bazille
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Jean Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841–November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter whose major works often foreground the figure within a landscape painted en plein air.[1]
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[edit] Life and work
Frédéric Bazille was born in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, into a wealthy Protestant family. He became interested in painting after seeing some works of Eugène Delacroix. His family agreed to let him study painting, but only if he also studied medicine.[1]
Bazille began studying medicine in 1859, and moved to Paris in 1862 to continue his studies. There he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir, was drawn to Impressionist painting, and began taking classes in Charles Gleyre's studio. After failing his medical exam in 1864, he began painting full-time. His close friends included Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Édouard Manet. Bazille was generous with his wealth, and helped support his less fortunate associates by giving them space in his studio and materials to use.[1]
Bazille was just twenty-three years old when he painted several famous works, including The Pink Dress (ca. 1864, in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris). This painting combines a portrait-like depiction of Bazille's cousin—Thérèse des Hours, who is seen from behind—and the sunlit landscape at which she gazes.[2] His best known painting is Family Reunion of 1867–1868 (in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris).
Frédéric Bazille joined a Zouave regiment in August 1870, a month after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. On November 28 of that year he was with his unit at the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande when, his officer having been injured, he took command and led an assault on the German position. He was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield at the age of twenty nine. His father journeyed to the battlefield a few days later to take his body back for burial at Montpellier over a week later.[3]
[edit] Main works
- La Robe rose, (1864) - 147 x 110 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
- Atelier de la rue Furstenberg, - 80 x 65 cm, Musée Fabre, Montpellier
- Aigues-Mortes, - 46 x 55 cm, Musée Fabre, Montpellier
- Autportrait, (1865) - 109x72 cm, The Art Institute, Chicago
- Réunion de Famille, (1867) - 152 x 230 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
- Le Pécheur à l'épervier, (1868) - 134 x 83 cm, Fondation Rau pour le tiers-monde, Zürich
- Vue de village, (1868) - 130 x 89 cm, Musée Fabre, Montpellier
- Scène d'été, 1869 - 158 x 158 cm, Cambridge, Harvard University
- La Toilette, (1870) - 132 x 127 cm., Musée Fabre, Montpellier
- L'Atelier de la rue Condamine, (1870) - 98 x 128.5 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
- Paysage au bord du Lez, (1870) - 137.8 x 202.5 cm, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
 Bazille's Studio; 9 rue de la Condamine, 1870. |
,_c1866-67_oil_on_canvas_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston.jpg/120px-Bazille,_Frédéric_~_Le_Petit_Jardinier_(The_Little_Gardener),_c1866-67_oil_on_canvas_Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Houston.jpg) Le Petit Jardinier (The Little Gardener), c1866-67 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
 Paysage au bord du Lez 1870, Oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts |
 Portrait of Renoir, 1867, oil on canvas |
 Summer Scene, 1869, Oil on canvas Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
,_1864,_oil_on_canvas,_Musée_d'Orsay_in_Paris.jpg/84px-Bazille,_Frédéric_~_The_Pink_Dress_(View_of_Castelnau-le-Lez,_Hérault),_1864,_oil_on_canvas,_Musée_d'Orsay_in_Paris.jpg) The Pink Dress (View of Castelnau-le-Lez, Hérault), 1864, oil on canvas, Musée d'Orsay in Paris |
 View of the Village, 1868 |
 La Toilette |
 Self Portrait |
 Studio in the rue de Furstenberg |
 View of the Village |
 Family Reunion |
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c WetCanvas bio
- ^ Rosenblum, 1989, p. 225
- ^ Burlington magazine entry
[edit] References
- Rosenblum, Robert (1989). Paintings in the Musée d'Orsay. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 1-55670-099-7
[edit] External links
Bazille Gallery at MuseumSyndicate
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