From the early 1860s, boudin depicted elegant tourists on the normandy coast. Trouville had recently been established as a fashionable summer resort with its own casino and luxury hotels. Boudin's attitude toward his subjects was not necessarily sympathetic, and in 1867, he described such scenes of upper-class enjoyment as "a disgusting masquerade" and his subjects as "ghastly parasites. " this particular scene may have been painted in september 1871, after he had returned from antwerp, where he had sought refuge during the franco-prussian war of 1870-71. Object Type: painting. Date: 1871. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 18 cm (7 in); width: 46.4 cm (18.2 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted Place: Beach of Trouville. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Eugène Louis Boudin - Trouville - Walters 37840
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