Coast of Brittany

1870

Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 May 1873, no. 8).[1] (Arthur Tooth and Sons, London); sold December 1961 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] According to Robert Schmidt, Eugene Boudin, 1824-1898, Paris, 1973: no. 519.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1989

  • Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1990

  • Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990, no. 32, repro.

1991

  • The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester; IBM Museum of Science and Art, New York; Dallas Museum of Art; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1991-1992, 104-105, repro. 107, 226, no. 5.

1997

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

  • Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.

2013

  • Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016, pl. 12.

Bibliography

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 64, repro.

1990

  • Französische Impressionisten und ihre Wegbereiter aus der National Gallery of Art, Washington und dem Cincinnati Art Museum. Exh. cat. Neue Pinakothek, Munich, 1990: no. 32, repro.

1991

  • Champa, Kermit Swiler. The Rise of Landscape Painting in France: Corot to Monet. Exh. cat. The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, 1991: 104-105, repro. 107, 226, no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. Boudin 70

Wikidata ID

Q20188726

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