A collection of essays, paintings, and personal correspondence celebrates the life and legacy of Fr d ric Bazille, an instrumental but largely unsung iImpressionist talent. The paintings of Fr d ric Bazille (1841-1870) were rediscovered after the turn of the nineteenth-century by art critics and curators who credited the artist as an important pioneer in the development of Impressionism. Tracing his artistic career from its inception--including his...