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Scène D'été
''Scène d'été'', ''Summer Scene'', or ''The Bathers'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Frédéric Bazille from 1869. It is now in the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The impressionism, Impressionist painting depicts young men dressed in swimsuits having a leisurely day along the banks of the Lez (river), Lez river near Montpellier. Bazille composed the painting by first drawing the human figures in his Paris studio and then transporting the drawings to the outdoor setting. Like his earlier painting ''Réunion de famille'' (1867), ''Scène d'été'' captured friends and family members in the outdoors. ''Scène d'été'' was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1870. It may have been an inspiration for Thomas Eakins' ''The Swimming Hole'' (1885), as Eakins was in Paris in 1870 and could have seen Bazille's painting. Background After his painting ''Le Pêcheur à L'épervier'' (1868) was rejected from the Salon, Bazille was spurred to paint a larger and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Bazille
Jean Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which he placed the subject figure within a landscape painted ''en plein air''. Life and work Frédéric Bazille was born in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, into a wealthy wine merchant Protestant family. Bazille grew up in the Le Domaine de Méric, a wine-producing estate in Castelnau-le-Lez, near Montpellier, owned by his family. He became interested in painting after seeing some works of Eugène Delacroix. His family agreed to let him study painting, but only if he also studied medicine. Bazille began studying medicine in 1859, and moved to Paris in 1862 to continue his studies. There he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, was drawn to Impressionist painting, and began taking classes in Charles Gleyre's studio. After failing his medical exam in 1864, he began painting full-time. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
