During the 1860s, boudin executed many paintings and watercolors representing well-to-do tourists and vacationers enjoying seaside resorts in normandy, principally trouville and deauville. In this scene, the informally posed figures suggest a sense of relaxation and intimacy. The overturned chair in the foreground underscores the impression of a casually observed moment, as though a sea breeze or a quick departure by its former occupant has upended it. The majority of boudin's small oil paintings of beach scenes of the 1860s were executed on wood panel. After laying down a thin white ground, boudin seems to have begun painting directly, not drawing or laying in guidelines for the forms. The result is a freshness and airiness appropriate to a windy day at the beach. Object Type: painting. Date: 1864. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: Framed: height: 45.7 cm (17.9 in); width: 36.8 cm (14.4 in) Unframed: height: 34.7 cm (13.6 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1946.71
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