On the Beach, Dieppe by Boudin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010

Title: On the Beach, Dieppe

Artist: Eugène Boudin (French, Honfleur 1824–1898 Deauville)

Date: 1864

Medium: Oil on wood

Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (31.8 x 29.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

Accession Number: 2003.20.1


The changing skies of France's Channel coast and the fashionable crowds on the resort beaches were Boudin's lifelong subjects. These pictures were avidly collected, ensuring the artist's success. In 1863 he commented: "They love my little ladies on the beach, and some people say that there's a thread of gold to exploit there."


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437987