Edmond Maître (April 23, 1840 – May 29, 1898) was a French writer, musician, and art collector, best known for his support and association with the

Impressionists Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open Composition (visual arts), composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating ...

and his close friendship with

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''. ...

and

Pierre-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 "R ...

. His partner, Rapha Maître, was a model for several works by Renoir. Davis, J., Leshko, J., & S. (2000). "Pierre-Auguste Renoir". In ''Smith College Museum of Art: European and American Painting and Sculpture, 1760–1960'' (1st ed., pp. 106–107). Hudson Hills.

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