Frédéric Bazille and the birth of Impressionism

by Michel Hilaire, Kimberly Jones, Paul Perrin (Contributor)

A collection of essays, paintings, and personal correspondence celebrates the life and legacy of Frederic Bazille, an instrumental but largely unsung iImpressionist talent.

The paintings of Frederic Bazille (1841-1870) were rediscovered after the turn of the nineteenth-century by art critics and curators who credited the artist as an important pioneer in the development of Impressionism. Tracing his artistic career from its inception - including his links to Manet, Monet, Renoir, and Cezanne- this book unveils Bazille's complete painted works.

Organized both thematically and chronologically, this monograph also features facsimiles of the artist's personal letters interspersed throughout the book on special paper inserts, and it is completed with a comprehensive bibliography, a list of works, and maps detailing his life in Montpellier and Paris.

The book accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. from April 9 to July 9, 2017.

Genres: Art

334 pages, Hardcover

First published September 21, 2016

Reviews

[Servabo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artist, in his youthful presumption, already possessed a sense of history, and of his role in what would become the history of Impressionism. Since 1974 and the celebration of Impressionism's centenary, the great monographic exhibitions devoted to the Impressionists, in France and elsewhere, have thrown considerable new light on this period.

[Sorathekitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice paper, nice content, nice book design. Couldn't ask for more from an exhibition catalog!

[brightredglow · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much more than I had expected.

[Marypeitz peitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredibly detailed about the Of Frederic Bazille, his paintings, etchings, drawings.