Trouville, Beach Scene (1874)
Eugène Boudin
French, 1824–1898
Oil on wood panel
A group of elegantly dressed tourists relax on the beach at Trouville on the Normandy coast. Beach scenes such as this were commercially successful for Eugène Boudin. His attitude toward his subjects, however, appears to have been ambivalent. On one occasion, he even described such gatherings of tourists as a “frightful masquerade.” Boudin chose to paint his outdoor scenes on small wood panels, which were more suited to the windy conditions of the beach. Lighter canvases tended to bend with the strong breeze.
Maverick Mist 
I love this. My how times have changed!
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Ha ha, indeed. 🙂
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Just hard to imagine people would be comfortable dressed like that sitting on a beach.
Those were the days when “wait an hour after eating before going in” was taken seriously.
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For sure, they need a pontoon boat. 🙂
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My first thought was “Why would they want to get sand all over their nice clothes?” Then I remembered that beaches weren’t really for swimming until the late 19th/early 20th century.
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Before my time but good memory. 🙂
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It’s not a personal memory for me either. 🙂 🙂
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