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The return of the boats
Artist: BOUDIN, Louis Eugène (1824-1898)
As a boy in Honfleur, Boudin gained experience as a deckhand on his father's boat and remained fascinated by shipping. From 1853 he worked increasingly out of doors, 'en plein air', and in 1874 was included in the first Impressionist exhibition. This painting of fishing smacks returning is one of the first in a series of works purchased by Sir Frederick Wedmore with funds left by James Pyke Thompson which 'though necessarily small ... are admirably representative of certain phases of modern art'.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2428
Creation/Production
BOUDIN, Louis Eugène
Role: Creation
Date: 1897
Acquisition
Purchase - Pyke Thompson funds, 1907
Purchased with funds bequeathed by James Pyke-Thompson
Measurements
Height: 24.4cm
Width: 18.9cm
Techniques
oil on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
board
Location
In store
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