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This small panel records a bright but cloudy day as a group of well-dressed visitors gather around a flagpole on the sandy beach at Trouville on the Normandy coast. While we cannot see their faces, their poses and gestures suggest animated conversation. Boudin’s free and spontaneous handling of the paint creates a sense of atmospheric freshness. The misty blue of the sky and the brown tones of the sand are enlivened with touches of colour in the costumes: white stands out in the dress in the centre, and bright red and blue highlights are scattered among the figures to each side. The seated figures to the left suggest comparison with Monet’s The Beach at Trouville, also in the National Gallery’s collection. That picture was painted while Monet was working alongside Boudin in the summer of 1870, and may show Boudin’s wife seated beside Madame Monet.
Title
Beach Scene, Trouville
Date
about 1860-70
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 21.6 x W 45.8 cm
Accession number
NG6309
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Miss Judith E. Wilson, 1960
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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