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Frédéric Bazille At His Easel
''Frédéric Bazille at his Easel'' is an 1867 oil-on-canvas painting by Auguste Renoir, produced in response to Frédéric Bazille's own 1867 portrait of Renoir. It is owned by the Musée d'Orsay , which deposited it in 2006 at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, Bazille's birthplace. The painting shows Bazille working on his still-life of a heron, which is also in the Musée Fabre. Gallery Frédéric_Bazille_-_Renoir.jpg, Bazille's portrait of Renoir, 1867. File:Bazille-Nature morte au héron.JPG, Bazille's version of the heron, 1867 References External links Catalogue entry, Musée d'Orsay Bibliography * Francesca Castellani (trad. Marie-Christine Gamberini), ''Renoir : sa vie, son œuvre'' [« Renoir »], Paris, Gründ, 1996, 272 p. (). * Anne Distel, ''Renoir : « Il faut embellir »'', Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard / Arts » (nº 177), 2009, 175 p. ().r {{Authority control 19th-century portraits Portraits by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Bazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (; 25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." He was the father of actor Pierre Renoir (1885–1952), filmmaker Jean Renoir (1894–1979) and ceramic artist Claude Renoir (1901–1969). He was the grandfather of the filmmaker Claude Renoir (1913–1993), son of Pierre. Life Youth Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France, in 1841. His father, Léonard Renoir, was a tailor of modest means, so, in 1844, Renoir's family moved to Paris in search of more favorable prospects. The location of their home, in rue d’Argenteuil in central Paris, placed Renoir in proximity to the Louvre. Although the young Renoir had a natural proclivity for drawing, he exhibited a greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
