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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Having been born son of a sailor in Honfleur on the Normandy coast, Boudin was, throughout his career, fascinated by the changing moods and atmosphere of the sea. In this painting of the port of Le Havre, Boudin concentrates on the expanse of sky and glassy water, disturbed in the foreground by a small rowing boat. Boudin has been presented as a precursor of Impressionism owing to the spontaneity of his brushwork, his fascination with fleeting qualities of atmosphere and his influence on the young Monet. However, this is to view Boudin's work in hindsight. He exhibited both at the Salon and at the first Impressionist exhibition of 1874 and his work demonstrates a tension between the preoccupations of the Impressionists and more traditional ideas. | Subjects: | marine | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Boudin, Eugène Louis (French painter, 1824-1898) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8555... | Go to resource |
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