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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Boudin's choice of a place to work was bound up with his love of the sea. Throughout his life he painted on his native Normandy coast and particularly in and around the seaside towns of Trouville and Deauville. Boudin painted the port of Trouville-Deauville throughout his career, changing his viewpoint as the port itself developed, growing steadily busier with trade, fishing boats and the yachts of wealthy visitors. The Port of Deauville is a typical example of the many paintings he produced of the docks. He painted countless versions of the same scene - to satisfy the demands of dealers but also because of his own quest for perfection. The task he set himself was not an easy one - to capture the restless motion of water and clouds, the transient gleams of light playing on waves, and the characteristic movements of ships. | Subjects: | marine; place (Deauville) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Boudin, Eugène Louis (French painter, 1824-1898) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8307... | Go to resource |
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