Frédéric Bazille

(French, 1841–1870)

Frédéric Bazille was a French painter involved in the development of Impressionism. Despite his short career, the artist made a number of works which helped lay the foundations of the movement. “The tall fellow Bazille has done something I find quite fine: a young girl in a very light dress in the shadow of a tree beyond which one sees a town,” the painter Berthe Morisot once said of his work The Pink Dress (1864). Born on December 5, 1841 in Montpellier, France to a wealthy Protestant family, he travelled to Paris for a career in medicine in 1862. Interested in art since his youth, while studying for medical school in the city he enrolled in the atelier of the Charles Gleyre. In Gleyre’s studio he befriended the young Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley. Together with his peers, Bazille began painting en plein air as well as producing larger paintings in his studio. By the mid-1860s, the artist had already made a number of successful paintings and with the help of his father’s wealth, supporting his financially struggling friends. In a fateful choice, Bazille enlisted in the French military at the outset of the Franco-Prussian War, while many of his friends fled to avoid conscription. Tragically, the artist died in combat on November 28, 1870 in Beaune-la-Rolande, France at only 28 years old. The first Impressionist exhibition did not take place until 1874, none of Bazille’s paintings were included in the show. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Frédéric Bazille (67 results)
Académie de femme, 1863

Frédéric Bazille

Académie de femme, 1863

Sale Date: December 5, 2022

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Vendangeuse au chapeau jaune, 1868

Frédéric Bazille

Vendangeuse au chapeau jaune, 1868

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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Pot de fleurs, 1866

Frédéric Bazille

Pot de fleurs, 1866

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Jeune fille au piano, 1866–1867

Frédéric Bazille

Jeune fille au piano, 1866–1867

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

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Baigneur sur une plage, 1864 ou 1869, 1864–1869

Frédéric Bazille

Baigneur sur une plage, 1864 ou 1869, 1864–1869

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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Vendangeuse à la coiffe - 1868, 1868

Frédéric Bazille

Vendangeuse à la coiffe - 1868, 1868

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Vendangeuse au chapeau jaune - 1868, 1868

Frédéric Bazille

Vendangeuse au chapeau jaune - 1868, 1868

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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Vendangeur à la casquette - 1869, 1869

Frédéric Bazille

Vendangeur à la casquette - 1869, 1869

Sale Date: October 15, 2021

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ÉTUDE DE PAYSAGE (Copie très probable..., 1860

Attributed to Frédéric Bazille

ÉTUDE DE PAYSAGE (Copie très probable..., 1860

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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ÉTUDE, PAYSAGE DE SAINT-SAUVEUR Mine de plomb...

Frédéric Bazille

ÉTUDE, PAYSAGE DE SAINT-SAUVEUR Mine de plomb...

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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AUTOPORTRAIT, FRÉDÉRIC BAZILLE EN CHEMISE,..., 1870

Frédéric Bazille

AUTOPORTRAIT, FRÉDÉRIC BAZILLE EN CHEMISE,..., 1870

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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DAME SUR LA TERRASSE DE MÉRIC, 1867, 1867

Frédéric Bazille

DAME SUR LA TERRASSE DE MÉRIC, 1867, 1867

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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FLEURS, circa 1870, 1870

Frédéric Bazille

FLEURS, circa 1870, 1870

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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ÉTUDE D'ARBRES, 1863, 1863

Frédéric Bazille

ÉTUDE D'ARBRES, 1863, 1863

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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ÉTUDES D'APRÈS DELACROIX, 1863, 1863

Frédéric Bazille

ÉTUDES D'APRÈS DELACROIX, 1863, 1863

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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Valley in Fontainebleau Forest, 1865

Frédéric Bazille

Valley in Fontainebleau Forest, 1865

Sale Date: November 29, 2020

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Homme à demi-couché sur un sopha (recto) ;..., 1866

Frédéric Bazille

Homme à demi-couché sur un sopha (recto) ;..., 1866

Sale Date: June 3, 2020

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弗雷德里克·巴齐耶 油画《自画像》

Frédéric Bazille

弗雷德里克·巴齐耶 油画《自画像》

Sale Date: June 5, 2019

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THÉRÈSE LISANT DANS LE PARC DE MÉRIC, 1867

Frédéric Bazille

THÉRÈSE LISANT DANS LE PARC DE MÉRIC, 1867

Sale Date: May 15, 2019

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VALLON EN FORÊT DE FONTAINEBLEAU, 1865

Frédéric Bazille

VALLON EN FORÊT DE FONTAINEBLEAU, 1865

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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THÉRÈSE LISANT DANS LE PARC DE MÉRIC, 1867

Frédéric Bazille

THÉRÈSE LISANT DANS LE PARC DE MÉRIC, 1867

Sale Date: May 17, 2017

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Atelier d'artiste

In the manner of Frédéric Bazille

Atelier d'artiste

Sale Date: October 10, 2016

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Portrait de paul verlaine à l'âge de..., 1867

Frédéric Bazille

Portrait de paul verlaine à l'âge de..., 1867

Sale Date: May 6, 2015

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L'homme à la pipe, 1869

Frédéric Bazille

L'homme à la pipe, 1869

Sale Date: March 25, 2015

Auction Closed

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