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Portrait of Renoir

Frédéric BazilleLinkedCulture matchlcp-71696e954444

Date: 1867
Medium: oil on canvas
Culture: France
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 444535

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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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Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Provenance: 1867–?: Family of the artist Montpellier, France; | after 1867–?: Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, Montpellier, France; | after 1867–?: to his son, André Bazille, the artist's nephew, Montpellier, France; | c. 1870–probably c. 1960: to his daughter, Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), the artist's nephew’s daughter; | probably c. 1960–?: Private collection, France, acquired from Madame Jean Rachou (née André Bazille), Montpellier, France; | after 1960–before 2017: Private Collection, France, by descent from the above; | 2017–2021: Private collection, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2021–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH