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Return of the Terre-Neuvier
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| Artist / Maker | Eugène Boudin |
|---|---|
| Date | 1875 |
| Culture / Origin | French |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Department | Painting |
| Type | Painting |
About the Artist
Eugène Boudin is traditionally presented in literature as a self-taught artist, independent of the Parisian art world whose works, painted out of doors in a sketchy, light-hued style, foreshadowed impressionism.1 Recent scholarship has tempered this interpretation of the artist, but it conserves his importance to contemporaneous artistic concerns of modernity, the notion of "finish," the relationship between the French city and countryside, and the marketing of art works.2 Raised by parents who worked on steamers, Boudin grew up in Le… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.
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