Musée d’Orsay · 1867
Réunion de famille
Frédéric Bazille
Bazille gathers ten of his own relatives on the shaded terrace of his family's country estate, painting each one as a careful individual portrait rather than a generic crowd — nearly everyone looks straight out at the viewer, almost like a group photograph.
Why it matters
Bazille gathers ten of his own relatives on the shaded terrace of his family's country estate, painting each one as a careful individual portrait rather than a generic crowd — nearly everyone looks straight out at the viewer, almost like a group photograph.
Look closer
Notice how the deep shade of the tree overhead makes the sunlit landscape beyond feel even more vivid — Bazille loved this contrast between shadow and southern French light.
Bazille reworked this ambitious painting for over a year, and it was accepted into the official Paris Salon of 1868 — a rare success at a time when his friends Monet and Renoir were still being rejected.
Value context
ELYIO places this work in an indicative editorial context of €12–24 million.
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