View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons
Medium
oil on fabric
Dimensions
unframed: 54.7 × 89.5 cm · framed: 80.5 × 115.5 × 10 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mrs. Dudley S. Blossom Jr.
Accession Number
1986.73
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About this artwork
In 1873, Boudin made his first visit to the important port city of Bordeaux as a guest of the resident art collector Arthur Bourges. Between 1874 and 1876, Boudin made paintings of the city's harbor and docks. This was an especially stimulating time in Boudin's career, as he was invited to exhibit in 1874 with the newly-founded Société anonyme des artistes, soon to be known as the Impressionists. As in many of his views, Boudin concentrated here on the quais or working docks where goods were loa...