“Everything that is painted directly and on the spot has always a strength, a power, a vivacity of touch which one cannot recover in the studio... three strokes of a brush in front of nature are worth more than two days of work at the easel.” – Eugene Boudin, French landscape painter who was especially adept at rendering scenes upon the sea and along its shores, who was born 12 July 1824. Below (left to right) – “The Coast of Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord”; “Trouville”; “The Shore at Deauville”; “The Estuary”; “The Beach at Trouville”; “Deauville.”
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:32:45 +0000