The Little Gardener by Frédéric Bazille - c.1866 - 127 x 170 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Little Gardener by Frédéric Bazille - c.1866 - 127 x 170 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Little Gardener

oil on canvas • 127 x 170 cm

  • Frédéric Bazille - December 6, 1841 - November 28, 1870 Frédéric Bazille

    c.1866

Bazille was one of the Impressionists, but is relatively unknown compared to his colleagues because of his early death in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Were it not for his death, Frédéric Bazille was almost certainly destined to become one of the leaders of the Impressionist revolution.