France's ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, is a fan of 19th-century French painter Frédéric Bazille. But I had a confession to make when I spoke with him about the National Gallery's ...

“The X-ray had actually been taken years before, and it was just sitting in the file,” exhibition co-curator Kimberly A. Jones of the National Gallery told artnet News, noting that it was co-curator ...

THE DAILY PIC (#1781): I can’t say I have fallen wildly in love with any single picture by the obscure Impressionist painter Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), now getting an important, rare survey at the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three years before he died in the disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, the young French Impressionist Frédéric Bazille painted a remarkably fresh and lifelike portrait of his ...

Summer has arrived! It is time to enjoy some deserved vacations, rest, go to the beach, enjoy the sunshine, and have fun. Here are 10 Impressionist summer scenes that will transport you to the 19th ...

While visitors to the latest Impressionist exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., see lush landscapes and intimate portraits, conservator Ann Hoenigswald spots clues involving an ...

While Monet began his climb to impressionist fame, Bazille died too soon to contribute to the first major impressionist shows of 1874 and 1876. But Bazille’s reputation has been steadily growing, with ...

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Bazille was part of a circle of artists eager to make a mark on the 1860s art scene. He helped lay the groundwork for the impressionist movement,... Meet Frédéric Bazille, The Impressionist Painter ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Bazille was anything but a formed artist at the time of his death. Perhaps this is inevitable, since Bazille was ...

While visitors to the latest Impressionist exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., see lush landscapes and intimate portraits, conservator Ann Hoenigswald spots clues involving an ...