Eugène Louis Boudin - Trouville - Walters 37840
Summary
From the early 1860s, Boudin depicted elegant tourists on the Normandy coast. Trouville had recently been established as a fashionable summer resort with its own casino and luxury hotels. Boudin's attitude toward his subjects was not necessarily sympathetic, and in 1867, he described such scenes of upper-class enjoyment as "a disgusting masquerade" and his subjects as "ghastly parasites." This particular scene may have been painted in September 1871, after he had returned from Antwerp, where he had sought refuge during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
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artwork
1870 s paintings from france
1871 paintings
beach scenes by eugene boudin
french paintings in the walters art museum
group paintings
people at the beach in art
seascapes by eugene boudin
trouville sur mer by eugene boudin
walters art museum
Date
1871
Source
Walters Art Museum
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