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| Keywords: Eugène Boudin, On the Jetty, 1869-70.jpg en Eugène Boudin On the Jetty 1869-70 This on-the-spot study although not specifically made for Jetty and Wharf in the previous slide in fact painted years later nonetheless illustrates the relation between an oil sketch and a studio-finished picture meant for exhibition at the Salon Eugène Boudin began to paint tourist scenes in 1862; the next year when this painting was made a new rail line opened from Paris to Trouville-Deauville making travel to these resorts much easier Beach vacationers were unconventional subjects for an artist at that time Seascapes if they had figures were more typically staffed by fishermen or peasant washerwomen Boudin's tourists by contrast were as modern as the black smoke rising from the arriving steamer They had leisure time and money to spend and were the patrons as well as the subjects of his art Though crowded Boudin's beach scenes usually lack narrative or anecdote He was characterizing a class of people not individuals and therefore painted their postures and fashions not their faces Their very anonymity added to his pictures' modern feel Boudin's modern subjects and even more the immediacy of his handling of changing light and sky were a strong influence on younger painters On the Jetty c 1869/1870 oil on wood Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection 1970 17 13 http //www nga gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/eugene-boudin-at-the-national-gallery-of-art html Creator Eugène Boudin 1869/70 PD-Old Paintings by Eugène Boudin | ||||
