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Contact Exhibitor| Artist Name | Eugène Boudin (1824-1898) |
|---|---|
| Title | Coming out of church at Plougastel, Brittany |
| Date of Artwork | 1869 |
| Medium | Watercolour over pencil |
| Size | 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. • 216 x 260 mm |
| Signed | Signed and dated 1869 |
Further Information
Eugène BOUDIN
Honfleur 1824-1898 Deauville
Sortie de l'église à Plougastel
Pencil and watercolour
8 1/8 x 10 ¼ inches 20.6 x 26 cm
Signed, inscribed and dated 1869
This impressive watercolour by Boudin is both unusually large and in very fresh state with great depth of colour in the trees and delicate tints in the figures and church stone. Although best known for his marine and beach scenes, Boudin was fascinated by the Bretons, seen here as they group outside the church after Mass. On the verso are preliminary drawings in pencil for the figure groups, demonstrating the careful preparation of the composition.
Through his early contacts and friendship with Eugène Isabey and Johann Barthold Jongkind, Boudin came to paint en plein air, drawn to the coasts and ports of his native Normandy and later to Brittany. In his turn Boudin came to know and befriend the young Claude Monet from the age of sixteen, with whom he remained a lifelong friend. He therefore forms an important link between the Romantics, in particular the painters of coast and shore, and the Impressionists.
Honfleur 1824-1898 Deauville
Sortie de l'église à Plougastel
Pencil and watercolour
8 1/8 x 10 ¼ inches 20.6 x 26 cm
Signed, inscribed and dated 1869
This impressive watercolour by Boudin is both unusually large and in very fresh state with great depth of colour in the trees and delicate tints in the figures and church stone. Although best known for his marine and beach scenes, Boudin was fascinated by the Bretons, seen here as they group outside the church after Mass. On the verso are preliminary drawings in pencil for the figure groups, demonstrating the careful preparation of the composition.
Through his early contacts and friendship with Eugène Isabey and Johann Barthold Jongkind, Boudin came to paint en plein air, drawn to the coasts and ports of his native Normandy and later to Brittany. In his turn Boudin came to know and befriend the young Claude Monet from the age of sixteen, with whom he remained a lifelong friend. He therefore forms an important link between the Romantics, in particular the painters of coast and shore, and the Impressionists.