Frédéric Bazille
1841–1870 · Impressionism · 4 works
Frédéric Bazille belonged to the circle that prepared the way for Impressionism, but died before its first group exhibition. He came to Paris to study medicine and instead pursued painting alongside Monet, Renoir, and Sisley. Shared studios and outdoor excursions brought practical exchange as well as friendship. His landscapes, portraits, and figure paintings explore contemporary life and the effects of natural light while retaining firmly organized forms. Killed in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he left a short career whose surviving works reveal an independent participant in those early experiments.
4 works · 1865–1867
Compare Landscape at Chailly with a portrait. How does Bazille use areas of light to give each subject a solid presence?
Albert Pinkham Ryder
The Essex Canal, c. 1896
Alfred Sisley
The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, 1872
Arthur Wesley Dow
Boats at Rest, c. 1895
