Born December 6, 1841 in Montpellier, France and raised in a wealthy Protestant family, Jean Frédéric Bazille was able to pursue his passion for painting by studying with Jean-Léon Gérôme. He painted portraits and landscapes in the French Impressionist style but his work was harshly criticized by other artists as being too decorative and artificial. Bazille died at the age of 28 in 1870 from typhoid fever—he was in Rome at the time working on an important commission for Napoleon III. Bazille was a French Impressionist painter. His works are of figure which he placed the subject within a landscape.
10 Exceptional Artwork of Jean Frédéric Bazille
1. African Woman with Peonies
2. Aigues-Mortes
3. Fisherman with a Net
4. Flowers
5. Grape Picker in a Yellow Hat
6. La Toilette
7. Landscape at Chailly
8. Man with a Pipe
9. Mauresque
10. Portrait of a Man
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