Explore the Description of this artwork, Bazille's Studio.
Bazille shared the studio on the rue de la Condamine, in the Batignolles neighborhood of northern Paris, with Pierre-Auguste Renoir from January 1868 to May 1870. Bazille is at the center of the composition, holding a palette, next to a framed painting on the easel. Bazille indicated in a letter that Manet in fact painted his figure in this work. Manet, with his reddish beard and hat, is standing in front of Bazille. On the right, Edmond Maître, a friend of Bazille, is seated in front of the piano under Monet's still life. Art historians differ in their identification of three remaining figures. Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Émile Zola and Zacharie Astruc have all been named as possibilities. Dianne Pitman suggests that Renoir and Monet are the ones near the stairs and Astruc is standing beside Manet.: 165  Others have proposed that Monet is next to Manet, Renoir is seated, and Zola is on the stairs.The painting placed on the easel has been identified as Bazille's View of the Village. The surrounding paintings include an unfinished version of La Toilette (Montpelier, Musée Favre) above the sofa, Fisherman with a Net (Zürich, Fondation Rau) on the high left, and the Fortune-Teller beneath the window. The Terrace at Méric (Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum) on the top of the right wall and small Western Ramparts of Aigues-Mortes (Washington D.C, National Gallery of Art Museum) next to the window have also been identified. On the top right of the window, there is Landscape with Two Figures (Paysage avec deux figures) by Renoir of which only the lower left half survives (Woman with Bird). Monet's small still-life painting, Les Fruits is hanging above Maître.: 165  The paintings on the wall had all been rejected at some point by the Salon; Bazille expresses his support for them by placing them on view here. By showing work in progress, Bazille also reveals the evolution of his work.: 157
Paysage avec deux figures Émile Zola Edmond Maître View of the Village Salon Alfred Sisley Pierre-Auguste Renoir Woman with Bird Claude Monet Zacharie Astruc Paris La Toilette