Three Women at Trouville

c. 1865

Eugène Boudin

Associated Names
Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

This painting shows three women displayed from head to toe. They are standing in a group, facing each other, with their bodies slightly inclined inward. The brushstrokes in the painting are wide and fluid, and women have no visible facial features. They appear to have dark hair underneath hats with blue ribbons. Their clothing consists of long dresses with voluminous skirts. The woman in the center wears a vibrant red shawl over her shoulders, while the other dresses are in muted tones of blue and gray. The background is a plain beige-gray color, and the ground is gray.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 13.1 × 17.3 cm (5 3/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.17.142

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Captain Edward H. Molyneux [1891-1974], London and Paris; purchased August 15, 1955 by Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1970.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1952

  • French Paintings from the Molyneux Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1952, unnumbered checklist.

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961, no. 6, repro.

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1952

  • Molyneux 1952, [p.6].

1961

  • French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century from the Collection of Mrs. Mellon Bruce. Exh. cat. California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961: 6.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: E.B.; lower left in graphite: Trouville

Markings

[illegible]

Wikidata ID

Q64560146

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