The Bridge over the Touques at Deauville
About this artwork
In 1884 Boudin acquired a plot of land at Deauville where he built a villa for himself and his wife. In this picture, painted towards the end of his life, he has set up his easel in an isolated spot on the right bank of the river, close to a fisherman’s house. In the central foreground, an upturned boat, inscribed with the work ‘Deauvill’, leads the eye into the distance, where the strong horizontal of the bridge contrasts with the diagonal movement of the river.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Louis-Eugène Boudin (1824 - 1898) French
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title:The Bridge over the Touques at Deauville
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date created:Dated 1895
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:36.30 x 58.50 cm; Framed: 74.25 x 52.07 x 6.98 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Presented by Mrs Isabel M. Traill 1979
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accession number:NG 2392
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Louis-Eugène Boudin
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Boudin, one of the most distinguished French artists of the second half of the nineteenth century, contributed directly to the development of Impressionism through his active encouragement of Monet. His open air sketches and paintings of the Normandy coast, capturing the effects of light and...