Eugène BoudinFrench, 1824–1898Plage de Scheveningen (La)
Can I see it?
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Where is “Plage de Scheveningen (La)” now? Collection: Musée Eugène-Boudin, Honfleur. Unknown.
Honfleur, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in French
Huile sur papier marouflé sur carton ; Plage animée et grand ciel sur les 2/3 de la peinture. A gauche, on aperçoit la mer, deux barques et 3 silhouettes. En arrière-plan, les dunes de sable, des silhouettes, une construction et un clocher. Au centre, la scène principale se compose d'un attelage de 4 chevaux dont un monté par un cavalier et d'une voiture avec un cocher. Autour de la voiture, différents personnages debout ou marchant sur le sable. A droite, une barque échouée.
Musée Eugène-Boudin
Details
- Accession number
- 899.1.25
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée Eugène-Boudin
- Image: Musée Eugène-Boudin — © Honfleur, Musée Eugène Boudin. Henri Brauner; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Eugène Boudin
The whole life1850
A scholarship and Eugène Isabey's studio
In 1850 Boudin won a scholarship that allowed him to settle in Paris and enrol as a student in Eugène Isabey's studio; to supplement his income he often went back to Normandy to paint.
1850
Two paintings at an exhibition in Le Havre
Boudin sent two of his paintings to the 1850 exhibition in Le Havre.
from 1855
Regular trips to Brittany
From 1855 Boudin made regular trips to Brittany, the region his future wife came from.
1857/1858
Friendship with the young Claude Monet
Boudin befriended the 17-year-old Claude Monet and persuaded him to give up his teenage caricatures and become a landscape painter, instilling in him a love of bright colour and of light playing on water. They remained lifelong friends, and Monet later paid tribute to his early influence.
