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Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism

Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Self-Portrait with Palette, 1865, oil on canvas, The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods in memory of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, The Improvised Field Hospital, August 1865, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris

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Claude Monet, French, 1840 – 1926, Women in the Garden, 1866, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Still Life with Heron, 1867, oil on canvas, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

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Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 – 1919, Frédéric Bazille, 1867, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Bequest of Marc Bazille, 1924, on long-term loan at Musée Fabre, Montpellier

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, The Western Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes, 1867, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Portraits of the *** Family, called The Family Gathering, summer 1867 – early winter 1868, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Purchased with the assistance of Marc Bazille, 1905

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, View of the Village, 1868, oil on canvas, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Edmond Maître, early 1869, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Bazille’s Studio or The Studio on the Rue La Condamine, winter 1869 – 1870, oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, Bequest of Marc Bazille, 1924

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Summer Scene (Bathers), spring 1869 – early winter 1870, oil on canvas, Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. F. Meynier de Salinelles

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, La Toilette, 1870, oil on canvas, Musée Fabre, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Landscape on the Banks of the Lez, 1870, oil on canvas, Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art,
The Special Arts Reserve Fund

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Frédéric Bazille, French, 1841 – 1870, Young Woman with Peonies, spring 1870, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington,
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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