Born to a middle-class Protestant family, Bazille met Monet, Renoir and Sisley at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1862.  His Family Reunion was exhibited at the 1868 Salon.
He served in the army during the Franco-Prussian War and was killed at Beaune-la-Rolande in 1870.

Reunion De Familie
Jean Frederic Bazille, 1841-1870, French
Musee de Louvre, Paris
