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Beach Scene, Trouville

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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By the mid nineteenth century, the Normandy coastal town Trouville had developed into smart seaside resort, attracting well-to-do holidaymakers from Paris and further afield. Boudin found a ready market for his small scenes that chronicled the summer activity along the beach. Here, well-dressed men and women stroll up and down, relax on chairs or sit on the sand, and nannies look after children by a white bathing hut. The ladies appear to wear bustles, which became the height of fashion in the 1870s. A flag in the upper right-hand corner flutters in the sea breeze. The canvas, like many of Boudin’s small beach scenes, appears to have been painted quickly. A child in the foreground is sketched in with a few rapid dabs of blue and yellow paint, and the briefest of brushstrokes indicate sea bathing in the left background.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Beach Scene, Trouville

Date

about 1870-4

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 18.2 x W 46.2 cm

Accession number

NG6310

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Miss Judith E. Wilson, 1960

Work type

Painting

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