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Portrait of Renoir

1867

Frédéric Bazille

(French, 1841–1870)
France
oil on canvas
Unframed: 40.5 x 32.5 cm (15 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 2021.134
Location: 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

Did You Know?

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.
  • 1867–?
    Family of the artist Montpellier, France;
    after 1867–?
    Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, Montpellier, France;
    after 1867–?
    to his son, André Bazille, the artist's nephew, Montpellier, France;
    c. 1870–probably c. 1960
    to his daughter, Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), the artist's nephew’s daughter;
    probably c. 1960–?
    Private collection, France, acquired from Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), Montpellier, France;
    after 1960–before 2017
    Private Collection, France, by descent from the above;
    2017–2021
    Private collection, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2021–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Schulman, Michel, and Frédéric Bazille. Frédéric Bazille: 1841-1870 : catalogue raisonné, peintures, dessins, pastels, aquarelles : sa vie, son œuvre, sa correspondance. Paris: Editions de l'amateur, 1995. Reproduced: pp. 151-52, no. 31.
    Jeancolas, Claude. Le groupe des Batignolles: les impressionnistes avant l'impressionnisme. Paris: FVW, 2014. Reproduced: p. 36.
    Robinson, William H. “Portrait of Renoir.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 27-28. Reproduced: p. 27; Mentioned: p. 27-28 archive.org
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Renoir|url=false|author=Frédéric Bazille|year=1867|access-date=12 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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