Boudin, Eugène
(b. July 12, 1824, Honfleur, Fr.--d. Aug. 8, 1898, Deauville)
One of the first French
landscape painters to paint in the open air, directly from nature.
His numerous beach scenes form a
direct link between the carefully observed Naturalism of the early
19th century and the brilliant light
and fluid brushwork of late 19th-century
Impressionism.
Rivage de Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord (The Coast of Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord)
1874; Oil on canvas, 85 x 148 cm;
Private collection, England
Photographs by Mark Harden.