Eugène Boudin, 1824 Honfleur – 1898 Deauville Als Freilichtmaler hat sich Boudin überwiegend in seiner angestammten Heimat mit Hafenlandschaften auseinandergesetzt, arbeitete er als Sohn eines Hafenlo…
THE PORT OF LE HAVRE
Oil on mahogany plate.
52 x 66 cm.
Inscribed "Eugene Boudin.87" at lower left (first name somewhat unclear). At the back side old rubbed sticker.

The early phase of Impressionism is also expressed in the present painting: the painting offers a view of a wide canal tapering towards the back, with yachts and sailing ships moored on its lateral banks. Between the masts, the facades of the riverside buildings shine through. In the background a large warehouse with a gable roof. The painter has skilfully enlivened the slightly dull morning cloud atmosphere with a mast ship with chimney on the left and another smaller ship on the right, further back in stronger red-black tones. A typical feature of Boudin's painting technique is the fact that the white colour is applied as a final heightening in the individual sections of the painting, clearly visible, for example, in the brushstrokes of the shimmering water surface, even more clearly in the white front sails of the right-hand yacht or the white light spot under the red-and-black fireplace on the left of the picture. The painting is not yet included in the catalogue raisonné.
Literature:
Rolf Busch, Günter Speckmann, Eugène Boudin. 1824-1898, exhibition catalogue of the Kunsthalle Bremen 1979.
Jens Rosteck, Himmelskönig, Strandpoet - Wie Eugène Boudin recorded the beginnings of seaside tourism in Normandy in his Seestücken, in: Mare Nr. 98, June 2013.
Catalogue of the collection in the Musee Eugène Boudin, Honfleur. (1221411) (11)


Eugène Boudin
1824 Honfleur - 1898 Deauville
THE HARBOUR OF LE HAVRE
Oil on mahogany panel.
52 x 66 cm.
Signed "Eugene Boudin.87" (the first name slightly blurred) lower left. Old rubbed label on the reverse.

Eugène Boudin is regarded as one of the most important pioneers of Impressionism. The painting has not yet been included in the catalogue raisonné.

Literature:
R. Busch, Günter Speckmann, Eugene Boudin. 1824 - 1898, exhibition catalogue of Kunsthalle Bremen 1979.
J. Rosteck: "Himmelskönig, Strandpoet - Wie Eugène Boudin in seinen Seestücken die Anfänge des Badeetourismus in der Normandie festet", in: Mare no. 98, June 2013.
Inventory catalogue of the collection of the Musée Eugène Boudin, Honfleur.