Eugène Boudin artwork • painting • previously for sale Sailing ships on the Maas
Eugène Boudin
Honfleur (Frankrijk) 1824-1898 Deauville (Fr.)
1824-1898
Sailing ships on the Maas
oil on canvas 49.7 x 74.2 cm, signed l.l.
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Galerie Durand-Ruel, Parijs/New York, inv.nr. 137; part. bezit Verenigde Staten, ca. 1891; Carroll Carstairs Gallery, New York, inv.nr. 460; The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (voorheen The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco), San Francisco, ca. 1976, inv.nr. 1941.28; Montgomery Gallery, San Francisco, inv.nr. 1957.1; part. bezit Verenigde Staten, 1997.
Literature: tent.cat. Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, 'French Impressionists', 1953, cat.nr. 2 (met afb.); tent.cat. San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, 'Modern Masters in West Coast Collections', 1960; tent.cat. Tulsa, Philbrook Art Center, 'French and American Impressionism', 1967, cat.nr. 1 (met afb.); tent.cat. Phoenix, 'XIX-An Exhibition Honoring the XIX Olympiad', 1968, cat.nr. 4; Robert Schmit, 'Eugène Boudin (1824-1898). Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint', Vol. II, Parijs 1973, pag. 154, cat.nr. 1695 (met afb.); tent.cat. Santa Barbara, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 'Louis Eugène Boudin: Precursor of Impressionism', 1976, cat.nr. 11; Maarten van der Schaft, Martha Vollering, 'Schilders aan de Nieuwe Waterweg. 150 jaar Hoek van Holland', Rijswijk 2014, pag. 12, afb. 2 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Vancouver, Vancouver Art Gallery, 'French Impressionists', 24 maart-19 april 1953; San Francisco, Verenigde Staten, San Francisco Museum of Art, 'Modern Masters in West Coast Collections', 18 okt.-27 nov. 1960; Tulsa, Verenigde Staten, Philbrook Art Center, 'French and American Impressionism', 2 okt.-26 nov. 1967; Phoenix, Verenigde Staten, 'XIX-An Exhibition Honoring the XIX Olympiad', sept.-okt. 1968; Santa Barbara, Verenigde Staten, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 'Louis Eugène Boudin: Precursor of Impressionism', 8 okt.-21 nov. 1976; San Diego, Verenigde Staten, Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 'Louis Eugène Boudin: Precursor of Impressionism', 7 mei-12 juni 1977.
Eugène Boudin, best known for his harbour, coastal and beach views of his native region of Normandy, was among the first French landscape artists to work ‘en plein air’, or directly from nature. In 1873 he first travelled to the Netherlands, persuaded to do so by his fellow painter and friend Jongkind. The similar-minded artists, both precursors of Impressionism, had first met in 1862. A close friendship ensued and together they went on many painting trips along the Normandy coast. On his initial Dutch trip, Boudin visited Rotterdam, The Hague and Scheveningen, places he would return to on several occasions, the last one being in 1890.
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