FRéDéRIC BAZILLE (Monpellier 1841–1870 Beaune-la-Rolande) Jeune fille au piano. 1866/67. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower right: FB. 40.5 × 32 cm. Provenance: - Thérèse des Hours, artists cousin. - Henriette Auriol (daughter of above), by descent. - Galerie Blot, Paris. - Collection Horndasch, Munich. - German collection. Literature: - Michel Schulman: Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), The Digital Catalogue Raisonné, MSb-82 (with ill.). - Michel Schulman: Frédéric Bazille: Catalogue raisonné - Supplément 2, Paris 2016, no. 3 (with ill. p. 6). Regarded as a pioneer of modern painting, Frédéric Bazille was killed at a young age on the battlefield of the Franco-Prussian War. Inspired by his neighbour, the well-known art collector and patron Alfred Bruyas, Bazille discovered his interest in art, and together with Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir, became one of the most important figures of the early Impressionist movement in France. After the artists early and tragic death, his work was largely forgotten, as Bazille had not sold a single painting during his lifetime and had only exhibited on a few occasions, including at the Paris Salon. It was only through donations from his family and later sales by his heirs that his artistic talent was posthumously recognised. This is also demonstrated by the portrait of a young woman at the piano from 1866/67 presented here. Until it was sold to the Galerie Blot in Paris, it belonged to Thérèse des Hours, Bazilles cousin, and her daughter Henriette Auriol. Michel Schulman also suspects that the person portrayed in the present work is Thérèse des Hours. In addition to painting, Bazille was a devoted music enthusiast, listening to the compositions of Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Giacomo Meyerbeer. In several letters to his parents, he reported on his musical passion and also on a portrait of a young woman at the piano that was, unfortunately, rejected at the Salon of 1866. Michel Schulman, who confirms this painting as a work by the hand of the artist, concludes that it was most likely created in Bazilles studio, as indicated by the painting on the wall above the piano. This work, "Rue de village, Chailly" (Fig. 1.), was painted in 1865 in Chailly-en-Bière near Barbizon and is now in the collection of the Musée Fabre (Schulman, 1995, p. 125, no. 16). FRéDéRIC BAZILLE (Monpellier 1841–1870 Beaune-la-Rolande) Jeune fille au piano. 1866/67. ?l auf Leinwand. Unten rechts monogrammiert: F.B. 40,5 × 32 cm. Provenienz: - Thérèse des Hours, Cousine des Künstlers. - Henriette Auriol, als Tochter von Obiger durch Erbschaft erhalten. - Galerie Blot, Paris. - Sammlung Horndasch, München. - Deutscher Besitz. Literatur: - Michel Schulman: Frédéric Bazille (1841–1870), The Digital Catalogue Raisonné, MSb-82 (mit Abb.). - Michel Schulman: Frédéric Bazille: Catalogue raisonné - Supplément 2, Paris 2016, Nr. 3 (mit Abb. S. 6). Als "Pionier der Moderne" wird der bereits in jungen Jahren auf dem Schlachtfeld des franz?sisch-preussischen Krieges gefallene Frédéric Bazille gehandelt. Inspiriert durch seinen Nachbarn, den bekannten Kunstsammler und M?zen Alfred Bruyas entdeckt Bazille**Kunst für sich, und zusammen mit Claude Monet und Auguste Renoir z?hlt er zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der früh impressionistischen Bewegung Frankreichs. Das überschaubare ?uvre ger?t nach dem frühen und tragischen Tod des Künstlers zun?chst in Vergessenheit, da Bazille zu Lebzeiten kein einziges Gem?lde verkauft und nur wenige Arbeiten ausstellt, darunter am Pariser Salon. Erst durch Schenkungen seiner Familie und sp?teren Verk?ufen der Erben kommt es zu einer posthumen Anerkennung seines künstlerischen Talents. Davon zeugt auch das hier zum Verkauf stehende Portr?t einer jungen Frau am Klavier von 1866/67, das sich bis zum Verkauf an**Pariser Galerie Blot im Besitz von Thérèse des Hour, der Cousine Bazilles, und ihrer Tochter Henriette Auriol befand. Michel Schulman vermutet zugleich, dass es sich bei der hier Portr?tierten um Thérèse des Hour handelt. Neben der Malerei lauscht Bazille als leidenschaftlicher Musikliebhaber den Kl?ngen von Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Giacomo Meyerbeer. In mehreren Briefen an seine Eltern berichtet er von seiner musikalischen Leidenschaft und auch von einem Portr?t einer jungen Frau am Klavier, das jedoch auf dem Salon von 1866 abgelehnt wurde. Michel Schulman, der**Eigenh?ndigkeit dieses Gem?ldes best?tigt, vermutet, dass das Gem?lde h?chstwahrscheinlich in Bazilles Atelier entstanden ist, wovon das Gem?lde an der Wand über dem Klavier zeugt. Es handelt sich um dasselbe Gem?lde "Rue de village, Chailly" (Abb. 1.), das 1865 in Chailly-en-Bière bei Barbizon entstand und sich heute in der Sammlung des Musée Fabre befindet (Schulman, 1995, S. 125, Nr. 16.). notes:*
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