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Eugène BOUDIN (1824-1898)
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Eugène BOUDIN (1824-1898)
Oil on panel, signed and dated lower left
13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.
Eugène Boudin was born in Honfleur in 1824, when he was 11, he was taken on as a cabin boy on a boat that sailed regularly between Le Havre and Honfleur. He was then employed as an assistant in a printworks. This was when he began to draw, becoming friends with Jean- François Millet and Thomas Couture, who encouraged him in this direction. In 1846, he entered the Municipal School of Drawing in Le Havre.
In 1851, he moved to Paris, where he visited Eugène Isabey's studio. In 1859 he exhibited for the first time at the Salon and met Courbet and Jongkind. He increasingly began to depict the subjects familiar to him: seascapes, boats and ports.
Gradually, with the increasing popularity of sea bathing in the 1860s, Deauville and Trouville became highly sought-after seaside resorts. In this context, Boudin began to paint the walks and conversations of the aristocracy, as well as views of the port and other scenes depicting the pleasant lifestyle of these holidaymakers.
Normandy and its landscapes became a real source of inspiration for Boudin, who portrayed a calm and dispassionate vision of the sea. His seascapes of the 1860s heralded the Impressionist movement, and he established himself as the seascape painter par excellence.
All Boudin's talent and aesthetic explorations were embodied in his rendering of sky and water. The sky took on huge importance in his works| he succeeded in capturing and expressing light with remarkable sensibility, painting every type of cloud with consummate delicacy. The viewer can really sense the salty atmosphere of the coast and the sea. Boudin's landscapes were a mere pretext for depicting the sky. Monet described him as "the king of skies". The painting we are presenting is a perfect illustration of Boudin's talent for seascapes.
Oil on panel, signed and dated lower left
13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.
Eugène Boudin was born in Honfleur in 1824, when he was 11, he was taken on as a cabin boy on a boat that sailed regularly between Le Havre and Honfleur. He was then employed as an assistant in a printworks. This was when he began to draw, becoming friends with Jean- François Millet and Thomas Couture, who encouraged him in this direction. In 1846, he entered the Municipal School of Drawing in Le Havre.
In 1851, he moved to Paris, where he visited Eugène Isabey's studio. In 1859 he exhibited for the first time at the Salon and met Courbet and Jongkind. He increasingly began to depict the subjects familiar to him: seascapes, boats and ports.
Gradually, with the increasing popularity of sea bathing in the 1860s, Deauville and Trouville became highly sought-after seaside resorts. In this context, Boudin began to paint the walks and conversations of the aristocracy, as well as views of the port and other scenes depicting the pleasant lifestyle of these holidaymakers.
Normandy and its landscapes became a real source of inspiration for Boudin, who portrayed a calm and dispassionate vision of the sea. His seascapes of the 1860s heralded the Impressionist movement, and he established himself as the seascape painter par excellence.
All Boudin's talent and aesthetic explorations were embodied in his rendering of sky and water. The sky took on huge importance in his works| he succeeded in capturing and expressing light with remarkable sensibility, painting every type of cloud with consummate delicacy. The viewer can really sense the salty atmosphere of the coast and the sea. Boudin's landscapes were a mere pretext for depicting the sky. Monet described him as "the king of skies". The painting we are presenting is a perfect illustration of Boudin's talent for seascapes.