Tag: harbour

Rotterdam Ferry-Boat (1833)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rotterdam Ferry-Boat 1833 Oil on canvas, 92.3 x 122.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A passenger boat, its bright tan sails reflecting the sun, careens among choppy water with at least eight more sailboats…

Baie de Naples au matin (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Baie de Naples au matin (The Bay of Naples) 1881 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 81.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The corner of the balcony visible at lower left in this composition indicates Renoir’s…

Port en Provence, Martigues (1913)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Port en Provence, Martigues (Martigues, Harbor in Provence) 1913 Oil on canvas, 141 x 90 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Martigues is a port on the Mediterranean coast of south-eastern France, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. It was…

Vue de Bordeaux (1874)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Vue de Bordeaux (View of Bordeaux, from the Quai des Chartrons) 1874 Oil on fabric, 54.7 x 89.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In 1873, Boudin made his first visit to the important port city of…

Le Bassin de Deauville (1891)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Bassin de Deauville (The Dock of Deauville) 1891 Oil on panel, 46.7 x 37.8 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland This painting treats a common theme in Boudin‘s mature art, ships at harbor. Boudin typically did…

L’entrée du port de Trouville (1888)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) L’entrée du port de Trouville (The Entrance to Trouville Harbour) 1888 Oil on mahogany, 32.4 x 40.9 cm National Gallery, London Boudin, who was born and grew up in the Normandy port of Honfleur and later owned a…

Le Port de Deauville (1888-1890)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Deauville (Deauville Harbour) c.1888–1890 Oil on oak, 28.8 x 41.3 cm National Gallery, London Born in Honfleur, Boudin – the son of a ship’s captain – was constantly fascinated by the life of Normandy ports.…

Le Port de Bruxelles (1871)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Le Port de Bruxelles (Brussels Harbour) 1871 Oil on canvas, 42 x 65 cm National Gallery, London During the Franco-Prussian War in the winter of 1870–71, Boudin left Paris to avoid the fighting. But unlike his friend Monet,…

La plage à Tourgéville-les-Sablons (1893)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La plage à Tourgéville-les-Sablons (The Beach at Tourgéville-les-Sablons) 1893 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 74.3 cm National Gallery, London Tourgéville-les-Sablons, with its great sweep of beach, lies on the Normandy coast between Deauville and Benerville. Here, the two…