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Portrait of Renoir

1867

Frédéric Bazille

(French, 1841–1870)
Culture
France
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 40.5 x 32.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 2021.134
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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Born to a wealthy family in Montpellier, France, Bazille came to Paris to study medicine and provided crucial financial support to his friends Claude Monet and Pierre-August Renoir.

Description

Frédéric Bazille painted this charming, poignant portrait of his close friend and fellow Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir at a time when he was sharing his studio with Renoir and Claude Monet. Although Bazille played an important role in the early development of Impressionism, he is not as well-known as his colleagues due to his early death at age 28 while serving in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
A vertically oriented oil painting in loose, expressive brushstrokes depicts a man with light skin tone, dark hair, and a mustache and beard. He faces slightly toward our right, looking at us with dark, attentive eyes. He wears a dark jacket over a white collar and blue necktie. The background features muted reddish-brown and green tones, while light from our left highlights his features against the thick, painterly texture of the canvas.

Portrait of Renoir

1867

Frédéric Bazille

(French, 1841–1870)
France

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