Slog - Comments on Impressionism Fact of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day And now, for the final chapter of our resourceful, underappreciated, unpopular-with-the-ladies, mostly now unheard-of impressionist hero Bazille: It was not until 12 February that Manet received some terrible news. On 20 November, during a minor attack on Beaune-la-Rolande, Bazille had been killed. He had not died 'romantically, galloping over a Delacroix battlefield,' as Renoir put it, but 'stupidly, during the retreat, on a muddy road.' In the freezing weather, Bazille's father made the journey to Beaune-la-Rolande. For ten days he dug in the snow-covered battleground, looking for his son. Eventually he found his body. He hauled it back to Montpellier... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:26:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by jayme i love this feature-is the book very readable (aka not like an art history textbook)? i'm going to have to pick it up.

]]> jayme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1059899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1059899 Visual Art Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:13:15 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 1870? would that have been in the Franco-Prussian war?

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1059954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1059954 Visual Art Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:04:10 -0800 Comment by Shilo Urban Yes, the Franco-Prussian War.

I am your answer for all things French art-nerd related.

]]> Shilo Urban http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1060033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/impressionism_fact_of_the_day#c1060033 Visual Art Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:26:50 -0800