1867
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Renoir is a 1867 unspecified by Frédéric Bazille, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a young man with a thick beard, sitting sideways in a chair, one arm resting on the back. This is Renoir, painted by his friend Bazille in 1867. They shared a studio with Monet, and you can almost feel the camaraderie—like a snapshot of a quiet moment between artists. Bazille died young, so his work is rare, making this portrait feel like a hidden treasure. If you like this, look up Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841–1870) to see more of his work.
Frédéric Bazille painted this charming, poignant portrait of his close friend and fellow Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir at a time when he was sharing his studio with Renoir and Claude Monet. Although Bazille played an important role in the early development of Impressionism, he is not as well-known as his colleagues due to his early death at age 28 while serving in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.
Born to a wealthy family in Montpellier, France, Bazille came to Paris to study medicine and provided crucial financial support to his friends Claude Monet and Pierre-August Renoir.
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Jean Frédéric Bazille (French pronunciation: ; December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter.
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