EUGÈNE LOUIS BOUDIN (Honfleur 1824-1898 Deauville) Trouville. Rentrée des barques de pêche. 1896. Oil on panel. Signed and dated lower left: E. Boudin / 96. Entitled verso: Rentrée des barques de pêche / à Trouville. 27 × 21.7 cm. Provenance: - With Galerie Raphael Girard, Paris. - Private collection, Monaco. - Private collection, Switzerland. - Sale, Honfleur Enchères, Honfleur, 1.1.2015, lot 17. - Private collection, France. - Sale Hôtel des ventes de la Seine, Rouen, 19.5.2022, lot 55. - Private collection, Paris, acquired at the above auction. Literature: Robert Schmit: Eugène Boudin. 1824-1898, Paris 1973, vol. 3, p. 365, no. 3574 (with ill.). It is not surprising that Eugène Boudin was drawn to the ports and coasts of Normandy, as he was the son of a sailor, born in Honfleur. As an artist, he was deeply interested in the portrayal of light and atmospheric effects and was one of the first to paint "en plein air", directly in front of his subject. This method enabled him to give his works a vibrant immediacy and liveliness. He had a consequential influence on the Impressionists, especially on Claude Monet, whom he urged to paint out-of-doors. From 1863 onwards, Boudin travelled to Trouville each summer. There he found inspiration for his many variations on beach and port scenes, as in the case of this wonderful work, where the fishermen return to port with their boats. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration. ------------------------------------------------- EUGÈNE LOUIS BOUDIN (Honfleur 1824-1898 Deauville) Trouville. Rentrée des barques de pêche. 1896. Oil on wood. Signed and dated lower left: E. Boudin / 96. Titled on the reverse: Rentrée des barques de pêche / à Trouville. 27 × 21.7 cm. Provenance: - Galerie Raphael Girard, Paris. - Private collection Monaco. - Swiss private collection. - Auction Honfleur Enchères, Honfleur, 1.1.2015, lot 17. - Private collection France. - Auction Hôtel des ventes de la Seine, Rouen, 19.5.2022, lot 55. - Private collection Paris, acquired at the above auction. Literature: Robert Schmit: Eugène Boudin. 1824-1898, Paris 1973, vol. 3, p. 365, no. 3574 (with illus.). It is not surprising that Eugène Boudin felt drawn to the harbours and coasts of Normandy, as he was the son of a sailor and was born in Honfleur. As an artist, he worked intensively on the depiction of light and atmospheric effects and was one of the first to paint "en plein air" in front of the subject. This practice enabled him to give his works an energetic immediacy and freshness. He exerted a significant influence on the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet, whom he encouraged to paint outdoors. From 1863, Boudin travelled to Trouville every summer. There he found the inspiration for his endless variations of beach or harbour scenes, as here in this wonderful work where the fishermen return to the harbour with their boats. This object marked with * (asterisk) is fully subject to VAT, i.e. VAT will be charged on the hammer price plus buyer's premium. Buyers who present a legally stamped export declaration will be reimbursed the VAT.