Vacationers on the Beach at Trouville
On View In:
Gallery 355
Artist:   Eugène-Louis Boudin  
Title:   Vacationers on the Beach at Trouville  
Date:   1864  
Medium:   Oil on canvas  
Dimensions:   26 1/2 x 41 in. (67.31 x 104.14 cm) (canvas) 35 7/8 x 50 1/4 x 4 in. (91.12 x 127.64 x 10.16 cm) (outer frame)  
Credit Line:   The William Hood Dunwoody Fund  
Location:   Gallery 355  

Eugène Boudin was one of the most important precursors to Impressionism. This characteristic beach scene was the first painting purchased by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts after it opened in 1915.

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Boudin, Eugène-Louis  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1824 - 1898  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Signature and Date LR in brown: [E.Boudin 1864]  
Classification:   Painting  
Physical Description:   Trouville environs. Beach (as place of recreation).  
Creation Place:   Europe, France  
Accession #:   15.30  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts