French, 1824 – 1898

Like Corot, Eugene Boudin was largely self-taught and he followed Corot’s example in his preference for working directly from nature. The majority of his paintings are small landscapes of the harbors and beaches of the coast of northern France, informed by a sharp eye for social detail. In about 1856 Boudin met Claude-Oscar Monet and introduced him to outdoor painting. The two worked together in the later 1860s.