Beach at Trouville
1864-1865 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
About this artwork
This oil on canvas depicts a social scene on the beach at Trouville, capturing the middle-class leisure activities of the Second Empire period. It is characterized by Boudin's characteristic focus on the open sky and changing light conditions.
Did you know?
Eugène Boudin was a pivotal influence on Claude Monet, who later famously remarked that he owed everything to Boudin's early encouragement to paint en plein air. This specific series of beach scenes at Trouville captured the fashionable elite of the time and helped establish the 'Impressionist' way of looking at contemporary life. Monet was so impressed by Boudin's cloud studies that he famously credited him with teaching him how to properly observe and paint the sky.
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Beach at Trouville
Eugène Boudin, 1864-1865
