The Pink Dress
Perched on a stone wall, a woman in a pink-and-white striped dress gazes out at the sun-baked village of Castelnau-le-Lez. This is likely Pauline des Hours, the artist's cousin, captured in a moment of quiet contemplation around 1864. Frédéric Bazille, a close friend of Monet and Renoir, painted this with a loose, light-filled touch that foreshadowed Impressionism. Tragically, he died young in the Franco-Prussian War, leaving behind a small but brilliant collection that shows exactly where modern art began.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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