Bazille and Camille (Study for "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe")
1865 National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts two figures, Frédéric Bazille and Camille Doncieux, walking in a sun-dappled wooded landscape. It served as a study for Monet's ambitious, uncompleted work "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe".
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This painting is a fascinating glimpse into Monet's creative process, serving as a study for his monumental "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe." The larger work, inspired by Édouard Manet's controversial painting of the same title, aimed to depict a contemporary picnic scene on a grand scale but was never fully realized. The figures here are believed to be his fellow artist Frédéric Bazille and Camille Doncieux, who would later become Monet's wife and a frequent model.
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Bazille and Camille (Study for "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe")
Claude Monet, 1865
