Lot no. 2286
Eugène Boudin
Schiffe im Hafen von Trouville
Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 41 x 55 cm.
Signiert unten links: E. Boudin.
Provenienz
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, am 25. August 1891 von Boudin erworben. - An Robert Grosse 1936 verkauft. - Französische Privatsammlung.
Ausstellungen
Paris 1899: Ecóle Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des oeuvres d´Eugène Boudin, Nr. 180.
Literatur
R. Schmitt: Eugène Boudin 1824-1898, Catalogue Raissonée, Paris 1973, Vol. II, S. 51, Nr. 1386.
Eugène Boudins Kunst ist aufs Engste verbunden mit der Normandie, wo der Maler 1824 geboren wurde und wo er nicht nur den größten Teil seines Lebens verbrachte, sondern auch die Motive für sein großartiges malerisches Werk gefunden hat. In Paris hat er es nie lange ausgehalten, denn Boudin wollte schon von Anfang an „in der Natur arbeiten“. Seine Aquarelle, Pastelle und Gemälde zeigen die Strände, Häfen und Dörfer der französischen Küste am Ärmelkanal, die normannischen Fischer mit ihren Frauen und Kindern ebenso wie die elegante Pariser Gesellschaft, die die feinsandigen Seebäder von Honfleur oder Deauville jährlich aufsuchte.
1859 stellte Boudin auf dem Pariser Salon ein Pastell aus, das Charles Baudelaire zu einem längeren Aufsatz bewegte. Damit wuchs auch der Kreis seiner Freunde und Bewunderer sichtlich: Courbet, Corot, Degas, Monet -um nur einige seiner Zeitgenossen zu nennen- standen mit ihm in Kontakt und künstlerischem Austausch. Bald schon galt er als entscheidender Wegbereiter für den Impressionismus.
Robert Schmitt, der Biograph und Verfasser des Werkverzeichnisses von Eugène Boudin, datiert unser Gemälde in die Jahre 1880-1885. Es stellt eine wunderbare atmosphärische Ansicht, eine „Impression“ des Hafens von Trouville dar. Die niedrige und schmale Horizontlinie zwischen Wasser und Himmel, an der die Schiffe und Fischerboote festliegen, lässt genügend Bildraum für die Elemente des Atmosphärischen, denen der Maler hier, wie in allen seinen anderen Bildern auch, so große Bedeutung einräumte.
Boudin
Ships in the Harbour of Trouville
Oil on canvas (relined). 41 x 55 cm.
Signed lower left: E. Boudin.
Provenance
Galeries Durand-Ruel, Paris, acquired by Boudin on 25th August 1891. - Sold to Robert Grosse in 1936. - French private collection.
Exhibitions
Paris 1899: Ecóle Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des oevres d´Eugène Boudin, no. 180.
Literature
R. Schmitt: Eugène Boudin 1824 - 1898, Catalogue Raissonée, Paris 1973, vol. II, p. 51, no. 1386.
Eugène Boudin's art is intimately linked to Normandy, where the painter was born in 1824 and where he not only spent the majority of his life, but also found the motifs for his magnificent works. He never stayed long in Paris, because he wanted to "work in nature" from the very beginning. His watercolours, pastels and paintings show the beaches, harbours and villages of the French coast along the English Channel, the Norman fishermen with their wives and children as well as the elegant Parisian society that visited the fine sandy seaside resorts of Honfleur or Deauville every year.
In 1859, Boudin exhibited a pastel at the Paris Salon, which inspired Charles Baudelaire to write a longer essay. This caused the painter's circle of friends and admirers to grow significantly: Courbet, Corot, Degas, Monet - to name but a few of his contemporaries - were in contact and artistic exchange with him. Soon he was considered an important pioneer of Impressionism.
Robert Schmitt, author of Eugène Boudin's catalogue raisonné, dates the present work to the years between 1880 and 1885. It depicts a wonderfully atmospheric view, or "impression", of the port of Trouville. The low and narrow horizon line between the water and the sky upon which the ships and fishing boats are moored leaves enough space for the atmospheric elements, to which the painter attached such great importance here, as in all his other paintings, to shine.
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