The Youth of Impressionism
How should we consider the work of Frédéric Bazille, who died in combat in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War aged just 28? Although his early paintings are clearly those of a budding painter, influenced by Realism and by his friend Monet, he nevertheless went on to complete numerous masterpieces in which he gradually asserted his unique talent. Read more.
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Jeune femme aux pivoines (1870), Frédéric Bazille. Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole © Cliché Frédéric Jaulmes
L’Atelier de la rue La Condamine (1869-70), Frédéric Bazille. © Photo musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
Pierre Auguste Renoir (c.1868–69), Frédéric Bazille. © Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
Atelier de la rue de Furstenberg (1865–66), Frédéric Bazille. Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole © Cliché Frédéric Jaulmes
L’Ambulance improvisée (Monet blessé à l’Hôtel du Lion d’Or à Chailly-en-Bière) (1865), Frédéric Bazille. © Photo RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Etude de nu (1864), Frédéric Bazille. Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole © Cliché Frédéric Jaulmes
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