Beach Scene
c. 1865–1867
- Medium
- oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 34.7 × 57.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-110230
On a beach where a strong breeze moves off the water from left to right, figures of French women, men, and children in chic Parisian dress stroll, sit, chat, or take donkey rides. The activities depicted (promenades, socializing, riding, sandbox playing) are the same as those enjoyed by residents of London or Paris. At the right, the dog suggests that these are vacationers rather than tourists seeking to recreate their urban pastimes at the seashore. Painted outdoors, this composition is typical of Boudin's beach scenes in the 1860s in its low-lying horizon, cloud-filled sky, and figures rang…
Provenance
Norton, 1917.63
Registry history
- c. 1865–1867 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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