# Family Gathering [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BAZILLE, Jean-Frédéric]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 152 x 230 cm ## Commentary This is perhaps the most famous painting by Bazille. It depicts a family in the shade on a terrace at Méric, near Montpellier in the south of France. The painting was accepted at the 1868 Salon. The picture, showing Bazille's parents and relations, conveys a sense of family and of social status, a particular lifestyle, and a fresh response to Nature and light; in painting it, Bazille was also out to convince his family of his ability as an artist. ## Related artworks - [After the Bath]() - [Bathers \(Summer Scene\)]() - [Girl in a Pink Dress]() - [Louis Auriol Fishing]() - [Portrait of Auguste Renoir]() - [Self-Portrait with Palette]() - [The Artist's Studio \(detail\)]() - [The Artist's Studio]() - [The Terrace at Méric \(Oleander\)]() - [View of the Village]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()