Eugene Boudin

Eugene Lois Boudin is a little Master of Impressionism; the fact that he wants to be nothing else constitutes his greatness. He is also aware that he is only a link in a chain, a minor link between greater figures, between Corot and Jongkind, on the one hand, and Claude Monet, whom he inspired to paint, on the other. He belongs here too as a descendant of seamen in Honfleur, whose lives he paints with an authenticity of feeling that is innate. As a painter he remains true to the coasts of France, especially of Normandy and Brittany, to the harbors and estuaries with their ships and the tawny beaches animated by fishermen or the fashionable summer visitors of the Second Empire.

Eugene Boudin Images:
Fashionable Figures on the Beach
Figures On The Beach
The Beach At Trouville
The Trouville Beach
Venice, Santa Maria della Salute from San Giorgio
Woman And Children On The Beach at Trouville