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Born into a seafaring family, Eugène Boudin is mostly known for his paintings of sea and sky. Boudin worked directly from nature on the Normandy coast and at the fashionable resorts of Deauville and Trouville. His seascapes and beach scenes were painted in a variety of seasons and changing weather conditions. Responsible for introducing Claude Monet to this method of painting outdoors, Monet returned the compliment by painting the beach at Trouville several years later. Boudin's overriding concern was light, and in his dabs of pure color and loose and delicate brushwork, he prefigured Impressionism, marking the link between Corot and the Impressionists. [Read more...]