Low tide at Trouville
(Trouville, Mareé basse)
1894
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
55.6 × 74.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
Gallery location
Late 19th & early 20th Century Paintings & Decorative Arts Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
In 1863 the coastal town of Trouville surged in popularity with the completion of a train line connecting it to Paris. Famous for its wide beaches and mild climate, Trouville and adjoining Deauville attracted elegant Parisians who in turn lured artists in search of sales, among them Eugène Boudin, Gustave Courbet, Gustave Caillebotte and Claude Monet. Boudin’s scenes of fashionable holiday-makers on the sands were widely admired and collected. Less known are his intimate views of fishermen and locals making their way home at low tide. Boudin was a major inspiration for the Impressionists: the poet Charles Baudelaire called him the ‘king of skies’.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: E. Boudin -94
Accession Number
628-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
beaches clouds coastal landscapes France (nation) sand tides Trouville (inhabited place) waterfronts