"He belongs.. ..,not as a talented beginner but as a master, to this history of the rebirth of French painting which restores the link between man, nature and light.. .He bears in his soul and in his art, mixed to his delicious charm and his painterly audacity, a sort of severe quality, a pride of retained youth he might hold from his protestant education."
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Henri Focillon, c. 1930's; as quoted by Gaëtan Aguentil, in 'Back to Bazille', December, 2016
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