![Frederic Bazille - The Ramparts at Aigues-Mortes [1867]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3912/15272510451_d816e63e0e_o.jpg)
Frédéric Bazille was a friend of Alfred Bruyas and became an important early member of the Impressionist movement in Paris, where he was associated with August Renoir, Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley among others.
Bazille painted at least three different views of Aigues-Mortes near Montpellier, experimenting with different compositions and formats. While many of his early works have been lost, this rare early landscape is marked by the characteristics of the Provençal landscape tradition, including the work of Paul Guigou.
[National Gallery of Art, Washington - Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm]