{"product_id":"beaulieu-la-baie-des-fourmis-effet-du-matin-by-eugene-boudin","title":"Beaulieu, La Baie des Fourmis, effet du matin by Eugène Boudin","description":"Eugène Boudin\u003cbr\u003e 1824-1898 | French \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eBeaulieu, La Baie des Fourmis, effet du matin\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Signed, dated, and inscribed \"E. Boudin, .92. Beaulieu-Mars\" (lower right)\u003cbr\u003e Oil on canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"As to the 'king of skies', I think I've already told you that I consider Eugène Boudin to be my master. I became fascinated with his sketches, daughters of what I call instantaneousness.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Claude Monet, to his biographer Gustave Geffroy \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This seascape masterpiece by Eugène Boudin stands as one of the most stunning examples of early Impressionism ever produced by the renowned artist. The artist is regarded as one of the most significant figures in the development of Impressionism in France. Along with the Barbizon painters, Boudin was among the first French landscape artists to paint mostly outdoors, establishing a new tradition of \u003cem\u003eplein air\u003c\/em\u003e painting in France and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His passion for the natural world inspired artists of all mediums, including Baudelaire and, perhaps most significantly, the Impressionists. In 1857, Boudin met Claude Monet, who spent several months working with him in and out of his studio. Responsible for introducing Monet to this method of painting \u003cem\u003een plein air\u003c\/em\u003e, Boudin later joined Monet and his young friends in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Compositions such as \u003cem\u003eBeaulieu, La baie des fourmis, Effet du matin\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify why Eugène Louis Boudin is considered a master of his art. The landscape features the Bay of Ants in Beaulieu, France, a serene seascape with calm boats. Boudin’s affinity for nature and the sea began in his youth. Born into a seafaring family in Normandy, Boudin first gained exposure to \u003cem\u003eplein air \u003c\/em\u003epainting with the works of Barbizon painters Constant Troyon and Jean-François Millet, both of whom brought works to Boudin’s father’s frame shop. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Inspired, Boudin ventured to Paris at the age of 22 to begin painting exclusively. In 1850, he earned a scholarship that enabled him to take permanent residence in Paris, although he often traveled to paint in Normandy and, from 1855, made regular trips to Brittany. Boudin studied nature directly on the Normandy coast at the fashionable resorts of Deauville and Trouville. His seascapes and beach scenes were painted at many different times of the year and in a variety of changing weather conditions. Boudin's overriding concern was light, and in his dabs of pure color and loose and delicate brushwork, he prefigured Impressionism, marking the link between Corot and the Impressionists. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Boudin's growing reputation enabled him to travel extensively in the 1870s. He visited Belgium, the Netherlands, and southern France, and from 1892 to 1895, made regular trips to Venice. He continued to exhibit at the Paris \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, receiving a third-place medal in 1881 and a gold medal at the 1889 \u003cem\u003eExposition Universelle\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1892, Boudin was made a knight of the \u003cem\u003eLégion d'honneur\u003c\/em\u003e, a somewhat belated, but nevertheless significant recognition of his talents and influence on the art of his contemporaries. This work was created for the 1892 \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, a triumphant follow-up to these crowning achievements. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dated 1892 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Canvas: 24\" high x 34 3\/4\" wide (60.96 cm x 88.27 cm)\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 30 1\/8\" high x 44\" wide x 4 2\/4\" deep (76.52 cm x 111.76 cm x 12.07 cm) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Provenance:\u003cbr\u003e Galerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1892)\u003cbr\u003e P.C. Eilers (acquired from the above, March 1927)\u003cbr\u003e E.J. Van Wisselingh \u0026amp; Co., Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003e Jenkins Art Galleries, Toronto\u003cbr\u003e Frederick William Gerald Fitzgerald, Toronto (by 1937)\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, bequest from the above, October 1949\u003cbr\u003e Private collection, UK\u003cbr\u003e M.S. Rau, New Orleans \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Literature:\u003cbr\u003e R.L. Benjamin, \u003cem\u003eEugène Boudin\u003c\/em\u003e, New York, 1937, p. 176 (illustrated, p. 158; titled \u003cem\u003eBeaulieu-en-Baie\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e R. Schmit, \u003cem\u003eEugène Boudin\u003c\/em\u003e, Paris, 1973, vol. III, p. 117, no. 2884 (illustrated)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exhibited:\u003cbr\u003e Paris, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, \u003cem\u003eSalon du Champs de Mars\u003c\/em\u003e, 1892\u003cbr\u003e London, Arthur Tooth \u0026amp; Sons, Ltd., \u003cem\u003eSelected Pictures by Eugène Boudin\u003c\/em\u003e, October-November 1934, no. 11\u003cbr\u003e Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, \u003cem\u003eLoan Exhibition of Paintings by Eugène Boudin\u003c\/em\u003e, December 1935-January 1936, no. 6\u003cbr\u003e Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, \u003cem\u003eCanada Collects, European Painting\u003c\/em\u003e, 1860-1960, January-February 1960, p. 56, no. 144\u003cbr\u003e St. Catherines, Brock University, Rodman Hall Arts Centre; The Art Gallery of St. Thomas-Elgin; Thunder Bay Art Gallery and Sudbury, Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, \u003cem\u003eImpressionism and its Context\u003c\/em\u003e, January-June 1991, pp. 16 and 38, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 17)","brand":"M.S. 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