Bazille, Frédéric |
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BORN 6 Dec 1841, Montpellier, Hérault: 11 Grand'rue - DIED 28 Nov 1870, Beaune-la-Rolande, Loiret (near) BIRTH NAME Bazille, Jean-Frédéric CAUSE OF DEATH killed in action GRAVE LOCATION Montpellier, Hérault: Cimetière protestant, 1 Avenue de Palavas (Section C, 138) |
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The impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille was the son of an agronomist who was also a senator. His mother Camille Vialars was the heir to an agricultural estate in Lattes, Hérault. According to the wishes of his parents he started to study medicine. But at the home of the art collector art collector Alfred Bruyas he had seen paintings by Eugene Delacroix that exited him. He took drawing lessons at the Fabre Museum in Montpellier and in 1862 he left for Paris, where he joined the studio of Charles Gleyre, where he met Claude Monet and Pierre Auguste Renoir. From a window he and Claude Monet watched the old Delacroix work in his garden studio. After failing an examination for his medicine studies in 1864 his parents finally agreed with a career in painting. He shared several studios with Monet and Renard from 1865. In 1866 the Salon accepted one of the two paintings that he submitted. The other, "Jeune fille au piano" was too modern. After his work was refused by the salon in 1867 he asked Émilien de Nieuwerkerke (1811-1892) permission to organize an independent salon. He mostly painted landscapes and elegant scenes. Bazille was also interested in the theatre and in music. He formed a close friendship with Edmond Maïtre and together they attended concerts. During the summers he often stayed in Montpellier and he where he paointed at the family property. After the Franco-Prussian War broke out in 1870 he voluntarily joined the army. On November 1870 he was mortally wounded while he tried to protect women and children. Edmond Maïtre was shocked by his death. He was buried at the Protestant Cemetery in Montpellier, where Auguste Baussan created his monument. Related persons • admired Delacroix, Eugène |
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 The grave of Frédéric Bazille at the Cimetière Protestant in Montpellier, Hérault. Picture by Androom (08 Nov 2024) |
Sources • Schilderkunst van A tot Z, REBO, Lisse, 1990 • Frédéric Bazille - Wikipédia (FR) |
