The Beach at Trouville (Translation)
La Plage de Trouville (Primary Title)
Eugène Boudin, French, 1824 - 1898 (Artist)
In order to escape the city, the Parisian upper classes visited Trouville, one of many small fishing villages on France’s northern coast. The son of a mariner, Boudin was disturbed by the clash of these vacationers with the fishermen, sailors, and villagers whom he had known from his youth. Though Boudin felt a certain shame at painting the "idle laziness” of wealthy Parisians, he recognized them as his clients and depicted their leisure activities with considerable skill.
Signed lower right: "E. Boudin"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
2018-2020: "Gallery Takeover: European Masterpieces from the Mellon Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, March 1, 2018 - March 1, 2020
Eugène Boudin: The First Impressionist, Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, November 14, 2007 - February 17, 2008
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 - May 1, 1966
Eugène Boudin: The First Impressionist, Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, November 14, 2007 - February 17, 2008
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 17 - May 1, 1966
Collection of Cardart et Luquet, Paris. Collection of Godinot, Paris. (Galerie Schmit, Paris). [1] (Hector Brame, Paris) until 1962; Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia in April of 1962; [1] Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in May of 1983.
[1] See Robert Schmit, Eugene Boudin: 1824-1898, Volume I (Paris: Schmit, 1973), 98.
[2] Purchased on April 27, 1962. See VMFA Curatorial file.
[1] See Robert Schmit, Eugene Boudin: 1824-1898, Volume I (Paris: Schmit, 1973), 98.
[2] Purchased on April 27, 1962. See VMFA Curatorial file.
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