Negress with Peonies
- Artist
- Frederic Bazille
- Date
- 1870
- Style
- Impressionism
- Genre
- Genre painting
- Location
- Musée Fabre
"Negress with Peonies," also known as Négresse aux pivoines, is a pair of oil paintings by French Impressionist Frédéric Bazille, created in spring 1870. Both artworks depict a young Black woman holding peonies, capturing an intimate genre scene within a genre painting tradition. The paintings are executed on canvas and measure 60.3 cm by 75.2 cm. One version is housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the other at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. Their vibrant brushwork exemplifies Bazille’s impressionistic style.
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