In 1867, Frédéric Bazille spent a month in Aigues-Mortes, a fortified medieval town in southern France. Known for its well-preserved ramparts and as the starting point for two crusades, Aigues-Mortes is also conveniently located less than 20 miles from what was Bazille's family property outside of Montpellier.
Jean Frédéric Bazille was a French impressionist painter. Bazille initially studied medicine, reason for which he moved to Paris in 1862. In the same year, he began to paint. He worked in the studio of the Swiss painter Charles Gleyre.
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