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Eugéne Boudin

Born – Hornfleur, France 1824

Died – Deauville, France 1898

Born into a seafaring family, Eugéne Boudin is mostly known for his paintings of sea and sky. Although often described as the “painter of beaches”, the beach itself in his painting The Beach only occupies the bottom third of the canvas and it is the large, luminous sky that predominates in the work. Boudin worked directly from nature on the Normandy coast and in particular at the fashionable resorts of Deauville and Trouville. His seascapes and beach scenes were painted at many different times of the year and in a variety of changing weather conditions. Boudin was responsible for introducing Claude Monet to this method of painting outdoors, Monet returning the compliment by painting the beach at Trouville several years later. Boudin’s overriding concern was light, and in his dabs of pure colour and loose and delicate brushwork, he prefigured Impressionism, making the link between Corot and the Impressionists. Indicative of the esteem in which he was held by the Impressionists, Boudin was included in their first exhibition in 1874.

Masterpieces:

• The Beach at Trouville - 1898
• The Beach at Trouville – 1863

Text: The A-Z of Art, Nicola Hodge and Libby Anson.

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