Famous Painting: Frédéric Bazille the Family Gathering

Famous Painting: Frédéric Bazille the Family Gathering
French, 1841-1870
The Family Gathering
Summer 1867-Early Winter 1868
Oil on Canvas
Jean Frédéric Bazille (December 6, 1841 – November 28, 1870) was a French Impressionist painter, he helped found the Impressionist movement of the late 19th century, before dying in combat in the Franco-Prussian War.
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. His best-known painting is Family Reunion of 1867–1868 (Musée d'Orsay, Paris). (The Family Gathering)

Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities, ordinary subject matter, inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. Impressionism originated with a group of Paris-based artists whose independent exhibitions brought them to prominence during the 1870s and 1880s.

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