A Marine Scene
Artist
Eugène Boudin
(French, 1824 – 1898)
Date1878
CultureFrench
MediumOil on bristol board
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN435
Much of Boudin's fame today rests on his skillfully rendered skies almost always depicted rising above the sea. Camille Corot called him the "king of the skies," and Claude Monet once declared: "If I have become a painter, I owe it to Eugène Boudin." There is a wonderfully tactile quality and immediacy to this seascape, partly achieved through the soft, loose brushwork moving generous amounts of paint across the canvas. As with most of his seaside compositions, Boudin has created a panorama with three horizontal components - land, water, and sky.
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