Eugene Boudin
(Honfleur 1824 - 1898 Deauville)
“Etude de jeunes Bretonnes”
pencil and watercolour:15 x 11 cm;
stamped with cachet de vente ‘E.B.’ (lugt 828);
executed circa 1880-1885;
annotations in pencil on verso: ‘Marc; 46/27; No. 17’
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Notes
Eugène Boudin was a French painter best known for his sensitive and lively depictions of beach scenes and windswept harbors. He is considered one of the earliest plein-air painters, who completed his canvases entirely in situ rather than from studies back in the studio. The location of the wedding depicted in this lovely watercolour, Plougastel, is situated in Brittany across from the city Brest. The artist would make regular trips to this area during his lifetime and his very last trip in 1897. Looking at other watercolours of his oeuvre shows he made several more similar watercolours in Plougastel during the period 1867-1872.
Expertise
Manuel Schmit, Paris, dd. 18 May 2007, reference number CL7477).
Provenance
- Private collection, France
- Christie’s, Paris, 2006
- Private collection, Germany
- Hampel, Munich, 2008
- Private collection, The Netherlands