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Self-Portrait

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Frédéric Bazille was in his mid-20s when he executed this startlingly direct self-portrait. Depicted against a dark background with only his palette and brushes to indicate his profession, he looks at the viewer as if caught unawares. The unseen easel and canvas must be located immediately in front of the artist and to our left.

During his brief career, which ended when he was killed in the line of duty during the Franco-Prussian War, Frédéric Bazille produced about 70 paintings, 4 of them self-portraits. He created this work while sharing an apartment-studio with Claude Monet and experimenting with new painting techniques that would be central to the Impressionist movement. It was both a practice piece (in which Bazille observed and painted his reversed image as seen in a mirror) and, given his recent decision to abandon a medical career in favor of art, a professional manifesto.

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Medium	oil paint (paint)
Dimensions	71 × 108 Cm
Tags	portraitspaintbrushespaintersartistself-portraitsworkmen
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Wed

Jan

exhibition

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, In the Picture - Artists' Portraits, February 14-August 30, 2020.

2026 at 08:20 PM

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, In the Picture - Artists' Portraits, February 14-August 30, 2020.

Wed

Jan

note

Jason Ferado, "French Lessons for a New Republic: Shows Toasting Liberte, Egalite and the Pursuit of Decorating," New York Times, June 16, 2017, c15

2026 at 08:17 PM

Jason Ferado, "French Lessons for a New Republic: Shows Toasting Liberte, Egalite and the Pursuit of Decorating," New York Times, June 16, 2017, c15 (ill.)

Wed

Jan

note

Kimberly A. Jones, "Self-Portrait with Palette," in Frédéric Bazille

2026 at 08:16 PM

Kimberly A. Jones, "Self-Portrait with Palette," in Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the Birth of Impressionism, edited by Michel Hilaire and Paul Perrin, Montpellier, 2016, pp. 48-51, cat. 17, fig. 19.

Wed

Jan

note

Marco Goldin, ed., Storie dell'Impressionismo: I grandi protagonist da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin

2026 at 08:16 PM

Marco Goldin, ed., Storie dell'Impressionismo: I grandi protagonist da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin (Linea d’ombre, 2016), 19 (color ill.)

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, France, Musée Fabre, Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the Birth of Impressionism, June 25 - October 16, 2016, cat. 17; Musée d'Orsay, November 14, 2016-March 5, 2017; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, April 9-July 9...

2026 at 08:16 PM

Montpellier, France, Musée Fabre, Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the Birth of Impressionism, June 25 - October 16, 2016, cat. 17; Musée d'Orsay, November 14, 2016-March 5, 2017; Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, April 9-July 9, 2017.

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Fort Worth, Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 5.

2026 at 08:08 PM

Fort Worth, Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 5.

Wed

Jan

note

Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago

2026 at 08:08 PM

Gloria Groom and Douglas Druick, with the assistance of Dorota Chudzicka and Jill Shaw, The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 20 (ill.), 33, cat. 5 (ill.); revised edition (Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press, 2010).

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Frédéric Bazille, October 2, 2003–January 18, 2004, no. 8.

2026 at 08:03 PM

Paris, Musée Marmottan Monet, Frédéric Bazille, October 2, 2003–January 18, 2004, no. 8.

Wed

Jan

note

Marianne Delafond and Caroline Genet-Bondeville, Frédéric Bazille, exh. cat.

2026 at 08:03 PM

Marianne Delafond and Caroline Genet-Bondeville, Frédéric Bazille, exh. cat. (Musée Marmottan, 2003), pp. 62, 67, 83, cat. 8.

Wed

Jan

note

Steven Platzman, Cézanne: The Self-Portraits

2026 at 08:01 PM

Steven Platzman, Cézanne: The Self-Portraits (London: Thames & Hudson, 2001), pp. 38 (ill.), 41–42, 208 n. 39.

Wed

Jan

note

Art Institute of Chicago, Impressionism and Post Impressionism in the Art Institute of Chicago

2026 at 08:00 PM

Art Institute of Chicago, Impressionism and Post Impressionism in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), p. 29 (ill.).

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Frédéric Bazille, October 13–31, 1959, no. 9.

2026 at 07:59 PM

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Frédéric Bazille, October 13–31, 1959, no. 9.

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Des Primitifs a Nicolas de Staël: Belles Peintures de collections privées de la region montpelliéraine, April 19–May 19, 1958, no. 3

2026 at 07:58 PM

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Des Primitifs a Nicolas de Staël: Belles Peintures de collections privées de la region montpelliéraine, April 19–May 19, 1958, no. 3

Wed

Jan

note

François Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et son temps

2026 at 07:52 PM

François Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et son temps (Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1952), p. 141, 170, no. 10, (ill.).

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Paris, Wildenstein, Bazille: Exposition organisée au profit du Musée de Montpellier, June–Julys 1950, no. 16.

2026 at 07:50 PM

Paris, Wildenstein, Bazille: Exposition organisée au profit du Musée de Montpellier, June–Julys 1950, no. 16.

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Centenaire de Bazille, May–June 1941, no. 18.

2026 at 07:41 PM

Montpellier, Musée Fabre, Centenaire de Bazille, May–June 1941, no. 18.

Wed

Jan

note

Pierre du Colombier, “La place de Frédéric Bazille,” Candide

2026 at 07:35 PM

Pierre du Colombier, “La place de Frédéric Bazille,” Candide (April 1935).

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Paris, Association des Étudiants Protestants, Frédéric Bazille 1841–1870, 1935, no. 5.

2026 at 07:35 PM

Paris, Association des Étudiants Protestants, Frédéric Bazille 1841–1870, 1935, no. 5.

Wed

Jan

note

Gaston Poulain, Bazille et ses amis

2026 at 07:32 PM

Gaston Poulain, Bazille et ses amis (Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1932), p. 214, no. 17.

Wed

Jan

note

by descent to his son, André Bazille, Montpellier, until at least 1932 [according to Poulain 1932]

2026 at 07:32 PM

by descent to his son, André Bazille, Montpellier, until at least 1932 [according to Poulain 1932]

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, Exposition Internationale de Montpellier, rétrospective Bazille, 1927, no. 18.

2026 at 07:27 PM

Montpellier, Exposition Internationale de Montpellier, rétrospective Bazille, 1927, no. 18.

Wed

Jan

exhibition

Paris, Sociéte du Salon d’Automne, Exposition rétrospective d’oeuvres de Frédéric Bazille, October 1–November 8, 1910, no. 13.

2026 at 07:10 PM

Paris, Sociéte du Salon d’Automne, Exposition rétrospective d’oeuvres de Frédéric Bazille, October 1–November 8, 1910, no. 13.

Wed

Jan

note

Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, until at least 1910 [lent by him to Paris 1910]

2026 at 07:10 PM

Marc Bazille, brother of the artist, until at least 1910 [lent by him to Paris 1910]

Wed

Jan

note

Richard R. Brettell, French Salon Artists, 1800–1900

2026 at 07:00 PM

Richard R. Brettell, French Salon Artists, 1800–1900 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1987), pp. 74–75 (ill.), 117.

Thu

Jan

note

John House, “Impressionism and the Modern Portrait,” in Sona Johnson, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, exh. cat.

1999 at 11:37 AM

John House, “Impressionism and the Modern Portrait,” in Sona Johnson, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, exh. cat. (Baltimore Museum of Art, 1999), p. 20.

Thu

Jan

exhibition

Baltimore Museum of Art, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, cat. 1; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28–July 30, 2000.

1999 at 11:37 AM

Baltimore Museum of Art, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, cat. 1; Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, May 28–July 30, 2000.

Wed

Jan

note

Dianne W. Pitman, Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s

1998 at 11:37 AM

Dianne W. Pitman, Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University, 1998), frontispiece (ill.), pp. 113, 248–49 n. 70.

Sat

Jan

note

Michel Schulman, Frédéric Bazille, 1841–1870: Catalogue raisonné

1995 at 11:37 AM

Michel Schulman, Frédéric Bazille, 1841–1870: Catalogue raisonné (Paris: Éditions de l’Amateur and Éditions des Catalogues raisonnés, 1995), pp. 133–134, no. 20, fig. 20; 170 under no. 39; 186 under no. 47; 223 under no. 67.

Thu

Jan

note

Valérie Bajou, Frédéric Bazille, 1841–1870

1993 at 11:37 AM

Valérie Bajou, Frédéric Bazille, 1841–1870 (La Calade, Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1993), pp. 67–68, fig. 28.

Tue

Jan

note

François-Bernard Michel, Frédéric Michel: Réflexions sur la peinture, la médecine, le paysage et le portrait, les origines de l’Impressionisme, la vraie nature de Claude Monet, la mélancolie et la société provinciale

1992 at 11:37 AM

François-Bernard Michel, Frédéric Michel: Réflexions sur la peinture, la médecine, le paysage et le portrait, les origines de l’Impressionisme, la vraie nature de Claude Monet, la mélancolie et la société provinciale (Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1992), pp. 13–16.

Tue

Jan

exhibition

Montpellier, France, Musee Fabre, Frédéric Bazille: Prophet of Impressionism, cat. 42, July 11-October 4, 1992; Brooklyn Museum, November 12, 1992–January 24, 1993; Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, February 14–April 25, 1993.

1992 at 11:37 AM

Montpellier, France, Musee Fabre, Frédéric Bazille: Prophet of Impressionism, cat. 42, July 11-October 4, 1992; Brooklyn Museum, November 12, 1992–January 24, 1993; Memphis, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, February 14–April 25, 1993.

Tue

Jan

note

François Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et les débuts de l’impressionisme: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint

1992 at 11:37 AM

François Daulte, Frédéric Bazille et les débuts de l’impressionisme: Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint (Paris, Bibliothèque des Arts, 1992), pp. 134–35 (ill.), 157, no. 10 (ill.).

Tue

Jan

note

Pascal Bonafoux, The Impressionists: Portraits and Confidences

1986 at 11:37 AM

Pascal Bonafoux, The Impressionists: Portraits and Confidences (New York: Skira and Rizzoli, 1986), p. 48 (ill.).

Thu

Jan

note

Douglas Druick, in Douglas Druick and Michel Hoog, Fantin-Latour, exh. cat.

1982 at 11:37 AM

Douglas Druick, in Douglas Druick and Michel Hoog, Fantin-Latour, exh. cat. (Grand Palais, Paris, 1982), p. 206 under no. 73.

Sat

Jan

note

Richard Fremantle, “Three Exhibitions in America,” Burlington Magazine 120

1978 at 11:37 AM

Richard Fremantle, “Three Exhibitions in America,” Burlington Magazine 120 (1978), fig. 102.

Sat

Jan

exhibition

Art Institute of Chicago, European Portraits 1600–1900, July 8–September 11, 1978, cat. 17.

1978 at 11:37 AM

Art Institute of Chicago, European Portraits 1600–1900, July 8–September 11, 1978, cat. 17.

Sat

Jan

note

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces

1978 at 11:37 AM

Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces (Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1978), p. 87, no. 45.

Sat

Jan

note

“Etcetera, news and views of the world of art,” Art Gallery 21, 3

1978 at 11:37 AM

“Etcetera, news and views of the world of art,” Art Gallery 21, 3 (1978), p. 21 (ill.).

Sat

Jan

exhibition

Art Institute of Chicago, Frederic Bazille and Early Impressionism, March 4–April 30, 1978, cat. 13.

1978 at 11:37 AM

Art Institute of Chicago, Frederic Bazille and Early Impressionism, March 4–April 30, 1978, cat. 13.

Wed

Jan

note

John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago

1970 at 11:37 AM

John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: H. N. Abrams, 1970), p. 79 (ill.); reprinted (London: Thames and Hudson, Ltd., 1977).

Tue

Jan

note

André Treves, “Après les peintres de la Seine et ses affluents: Les Ecoles de Fontainebleau, Le XIXe siècle,” Le Peintre no. 390

1969 at 11:37 AM

André Treves, “Après les peintres de la Seine et ses affluents: Les Ecoles de Fontainebleau, Le XIXe siècle,” Le Peintre no. 390 (October 1969), pp. 14 (ill.), 16–17.

Fri

Jan

note

John Maxon, “Some Recent Acquisitions,” Apollo 84, 55

1966 at 11:37 AM

John Maxon, “Some Recent Acquisitions,” Apollo 84, 55 (1966), p, 216, fig. 1.

Thu

Jan

note

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Supplement

1965 at 11:37 AM

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, Supplement (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1965), no page.

Mon

Jan

note

John Maxon, “Bazille,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 57, 2

1963 at 11:37 AM

John Maxon, “Bazille,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly 57, 2 (1963), pp. 22–24 (ill.).

Mon

Jan

note

G. Wildenstein, “La Chronique des arts,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 61

1963 at 11:37 AM

G. Wildenstein, “La Chronique des arts,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 61 (1963); supplement no. 1129, p.40, no. 155, fig. 155.

Sun

Jan

note

purchased by the Art Institute through funds from the Mr....

1962 at 11:37 AM

purchased by the Art Institute through funds from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Woods Endowment in memory of Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer, 1962.

Sat

Jan

note

Annual Report 1961–1962

1961 at 11:37 AM

Annual Report 1961–1962 (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1962), p. 13.

Thu

Jan

note

by descent to his daughter, Mme Rachou-Bazille, Montpellier, by 1958 [lent by her to Montpellier 1958]....

1960 at 11:37 AM

by descent to his daughter, Mme Rachou-Bazille, Montpellier, by 1958 [lent by her to Montpellier 1958]. Sold Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 17, 1960, lot 54 as Frédéric Bazille à la palette, 1865. Wildenstein and Co., New York, by 1962