"... a French painter who worked in the Impressionist style. His art is not particularly well-known today, but I have no doubt in my mind that if the artist hadn’t died so young - Bazille was killed in the Franco-Prussian war when he was just 28 years old - his name would be as familiar to a contemporary audience as Monet, Renoir and Pissarro. Bazille mainly painted figures in his short career, and the portrait of Renoir from 1867 is one of my personal favourites." (http://artmastered.tumblr.com/post/90281332818/frederic-bazille) "Jean Frédéric Bazille (Dec. 6, 1841–Nov. 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter. Many of Bazille's major works are examples of figure painting in which Bazille placed the subject figure within a landscape painted en plein air. Frédéric Bazille was born in Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, into a wealthy Protestant family. 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. There he met Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley, was drawn to Impressionist painting, and began taking classes in Charles Gleyre's studio. After failing his medical exam in 1864, he began painting full-time. His close friends included Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, and Édouard Manet. Bazille was generous with his wealth, and helped support his less fortunate associates by giving them space in his studio and materials to use. Bazille was just 23 years old when he painted several of his best-known works, including The Pink Dress (ca. 1864, Musée d'Orsay, Paris). This painting combines a portrait-like depiction of Bazille's cousin, Thérèse des Hours, who is seen from behind—and the sunlit landscape at which she gazes. His best-known painting is Family Reunion..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bazille undefined

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