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Eugène Boudin

French painter (1824-1898) · France · Artists · Died at 74

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Corot called him the "King of the skies" - Boudin painted what most artists left for the studio, hauling his easel to the coast and catching light as it moved across water.

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A life in dates

1898Died8 August 18981890“I exhaust myself terribly to content the world, and never manage to content myself.”In their wordsQuote of Boudin's note, c. 1890; as cited in G. Jean-Aubry & Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1968, p. 115

1869“I dare not think of the sun-drenched beaches and the stormy skies, and of the joy of painting them in the sea breezes.”In their words14 June 1869Quote in a letter, from Paris 14 June 1869, to family-friend Ferdinand Martin; as cited by Colin B. Bailey in The Annenberg Collection:

1867“I have a confession to make. When I came back to.. ..the beach at Trouville.. ..it seeemed nothing more than than a frightful masquerade..”In their words28 August 1867Quote in Boudin's letter to Ferdinand Martin, 28 August 1867; as cited in exh. text; 'Eugène Boudin', ed. Christoph Bode, Musée

1865“I shall do other things, but I will always be the painter of beaches.”In their wordsQuote from Boudin's letter to his brother, 1865; as cited inBoudin, Lady in white on the beach of Trouville

1857“Imagine an immense plain.. ..in the middle, a small Gothic chapel surrounded by trees.. ..around that a hundred tents made of white canvas..”In their wordsQuote of Boudin in a letter to his brother, 1857; as cited in the descritption of 'The Pardon of Saint-Anne-La-Palud' by the Met-museum]

1854“Nature is richer than I represent it.. .Nature is so beautiful that when I am not tortured by poverty I am tortured by her splendor.”In their wordsMarch 1854Quote from Boudin's Journal, March 1854; as cited in Eugène Boudin, G. Jean-Aubrey & Robert Schmit, Greenwich, New York graphic society,

1824Born12 July 1824

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In their own words 10

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  1. I exhaust myself terribly to content the world, and never manage to content myself.

    1890, Quote of Boudin's note, c. 1890; as cited in G. Jean-Aubry & Robert Schmit, Eugène Boudin, Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1968, p. 115, Own words

  2. When I got back [from Le Havre], where I had made several sketches of the harbour exit, I thought of placing the sun in the background.

    1882, Quote from Boudin's letter, 1882; as cited in the article 'Artists around Monet, Muma-museum, Le Havre, Own words

  3. I dare not think of the sun-drenched beaches and the stormy skies, and of the joy of painting them in the sea breezes.

    Jun 14, 1869, Quote in a letter, from Paris 14 June 1869, to family-friend Ferdinand Martin; as cited by Colin B. Bailey in The Annenberg Collection:, Own words

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Awards

Knight of the Legion of Honour

About this person

Born 12 July 1824, Eugène Louis Boudin became one of the first French landscape painters to work outdoors, a marine painter who built his reputation on sea and shore. His pastels - spare, direct - earned praise from Baudelaire. Corot's verdict stuck: "King of the skies." He died 8 August 1898, having spent decades rendering what moves above the water and what breaks along it.

Country
France
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1824 to 1898 · aged 74

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