Eugène BOUDIN - original drawing
Boats at low tide
Gouache on paper, monogram lower right, 19 x 30 cm.
The softness and tranquility of a Normandy beach, once the sea has withdrawn, leaving behind a few stranded fishing boats.
Provenance: Former collection of Mr. Gilbert Dreyfus (1902-1989). Doctor, one of the precursors of endocrinology. Resistance fighter during the war, he was a member of the communist party and friend of Aragon, he participated in the creation of the local FTP. Arrested by the Germans in Bollène, then deported to Mauthausen, he was used as a doctor. He then worked, at the risk of his life, to save the lives of many deportees. After the war, he pursued a brilliant medical and scientific career (head of department at La Pitié, member of the Academy of Medicine and the Institute).
Certificate of authenticity from the Brame & Lorenceau gallery, Eugène Boudin Archives. Included in the critical catalogue of Eugène Boudin's works
Dimensions :
- Height : 19 cm
- Width : 30 cm
Eugène Boudin :
Born in Honfleur in 1824, Eugène-Louis Boudin, was a french painter. He was one of the first french painters to paint landscapes directly from the outside. He is considered as one of the precursors of impressionism. Boudin followed the path marked out by John Constable, he was a great admirer of Corot and Diaz. Pioneer of the outdoor painting, he realized outdoor scenes from life with a strong preference for seasides.
In 1850 he recieved a scolarship from the city of Le Havre allowing him to continue to study in Paris during 3 years. He joined Eugène Isabey's workshop and enrolled in The Louvre. A first exhibition was dedicated to him in Paris in 1857. Two years later he exhibited his first painting at The Salon de Paris. He received praise from the poet Charles Baudelaire and became friends with Gustave Courbet. At this time, the painter initiated Claude Monet to outdoor painting. In 1889, he obtained the golden medal at The Exposition universelle of Paris and enjoyed great success. The artist died in Deauville in 1898.
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