Post by fat kitty (malik) 4th hour on Nov 1, 2013 21:31:33 GMT -5
Frédéric Bazille was born December 6, 1841, in Montpellier, France. Frédéric Bazille was raised in a wealthy family in the South of France and left home in the early 1860s to study medicine in Paris. . 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. After failing his medical exam in 1864, he began painting full-time. Bazille was just twenty-three years old when he painted several of his best known works, including The Pink Dress
His best known painting is Family Reunion of 1867–1868
Frédéric Bazille joined a Zouave regiment in August 1870, a month after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. On November 28 he was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield at the age of twenty eight. His father travelled to the battlefield a few days later to take his body back for burial at Montpellier over a week later.
Frédéric Bazille
His best known painting is Family Reunion of 1867–1868
Frédéric Bazille joined a Zouave regiment in August 1870, a month after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. On November 28 he was hit twice in the failed attack and died on the battlefield at the age of twenty eight. His father travelled to the battlefield a few days later to take his body back for burial at Montpellier over a week later.
Frédéric Bazille