The Beach at Deauville
Medium
oil on wood panel
Dimensions
unframed: 34.7 × 26 cm · framed: 45.7 × 36.8 × 3.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Homer H. Johnson
Accession Number
1946.71
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About this artwork
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 painting...