Tag: harbour

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…

Castle Island (Boston)

Castle Island in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Castle Island, Boston Harbor 1916 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA     See also: • Boston, MA (USA)

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…

Dido building Carthage (1815)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…