A View of Dunkirk
Artist
Eugène Boudin
(French, 1824 – 1898)
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions16 1/8 x 31 7/8 in. (41 x 81 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN436
Boudin participated only in the first Impressionist group exhibition, in 1874, but he continued to have an influence on several of the group's members. In his attempts to capture an immediate impression of a scene by working outdoors (en plein air) rather than in his studio, Boudin wrote in his journal: "Everything that is painted directly and on the spot always has a strength, a power, a vivacity of touch that cannot be recovered in the studio. . .three strokes of the brush in front of nature are worth more than two days' work at the easel."
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