The Beach at Trouville (Trouville, La Plage)
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Object Label
Here, Eugène Louis Boudin depicted local workers in a horse-drawn cart crossing a beach that, at other times, was filled with fashionable urban tourists. He was committed to working en plein air (outdoors) to capture with freshness and immediacy the play of light on water and clouds in patches of color.
This approach had a profound influence on his younger friend Claude Monet, who recalled: “One day Boudin said to me: ‘Learn to draw well and appreciate the sea, the light, the blue sky.’ I took his advice and together we went on long outings during which I painted constantly from nature. This was how I came to understand nature and learned to love it passionately. . . . I have said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him.”
Caption
Eugène Louis Boudin French, 1824–1898. The Beach at Trouville (Trouville, La Plage), ca. 1887–1896. Oil on canvas, 14 3/8 x 23 in. (36.5 x 58.4 cm) Frame: 21 1/2 x 30 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (54.6 x 76.5 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Robert B. Woodward, 15.314. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 15.314_SL3.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
The Beach at Trouville (Trouville, La Plage)
Date
ca. 1887–1896
Geography
Place made: France
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
14 3/8 x 23 in. (36.5 x 58.4 cm) Frame: 21 1/2 x 30 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (54.6 x 76.5 x 7.9 cm)
Signatures
Signed lower right: "E. Boudin."
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert B. Woodward
Accession Number
15.314
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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