19^th – 20^th century French

A Neo-Impressionist artist, Bausil devoted himself mostly to painting the rural and coastal landscapes of French Catalonia, excelling in the depiction of its sunlight.

The artist exhibited his work for the first time in 1901 in Perpignan in the company of other practitioners born or resident in Languedoc-Roussillon such as Aristide Maillol (1861-1944) and George de Monfreid (1856-1929). There is an article written about that show by the writer and poet Louis Codet which was featured in La Clavellina (1896-1902), a monthly literary and art magazine published in Roussillon, describing Bausil’s painting as follows: “Louis Bausil uses the mist dyed with the colours of our country as if it were a party dress; the poppy fields, the peach trees in blossom, are alive in his work; his paintings show the damp golden light of dawn, the outlines of the Albères landscape and the afternoon sun on the groves of cork oaks... After receiving his caresses, the landscape takes on the sensibility of a face.”

From 1906 through 1914 he exhibited at the in Paris, which dedicated a retrospective show to his work in 1926. He also took part at the 1912 and 1913 salons of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, at the 1913 and at the 1924 Salon at Les Tuileries. His works are kept, among other institutions, at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Musée de Bordeaux.