Eugène BOUDIN (1824-1898) View of Dordrecht and... Lot 2

Eugène BOUDIN (1824-1898) View of Dordrecht and the Hotel aux Armes of Holland Oil on panel, signed and located lower left, dated 1884 lower right. The reverse of the panel countersigned and dated 1884 June. 27 x 21,5 cm Provenance: - Sale Palais Galiéra 10 December 1964, lot 128 bis - Parisian private collection Bibliography : SCHMIT Robert, Eugène Boudin: 1824-1898, vol. 2, Paris, Galerie Schmit, 1973, p. 207, n°1834. The various copies made by Boudin prove that Flemish and Dutch paintings of the Golden Age played an essential role in his training. The Nordic masters gave him a taste for realism, a certain diversity of subjects (still lifes, animal paintings, seascapes, landscapes, markets) and a colourist's palette. After several stays in Belgium and the Netherlands, Boudin went to Dordrecht where he stated in a letter dated 25 June 1884: "The country is very picturesque: the river is superb". The banks of the Meuse inspired him to create large seascapes which, exhibited at the Salon, would give the painter the beginnings of official recognition. Ref : Eugène Boudin, l'atelier de la lumière Exhibition catalogue - Le Havre, André Malraux Museum of Modern Art.