Boudin at Trouville / Vivien Hamilton.

French painter Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) was an important precursor of Impressionism. He believed that "everything painted directly and on the spot has a strength, a vigour, a vivacity of touch that can never be attained in the studio", and spent his summers painting outside directly from nature and his winters finishing his paintings in his studio in Paris. Born in the port of Honfleur, the sea and beach scenes of the northern French coast provide the subject matter and inspiration for much of his work. This book was published in connection with exhibitions held at The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, and the Courtauld Insititute, London, between November 1992 and May 1993. Chapters cover subjects such as "Beach Scenes", "Jetties", "The Port", "The Fishmarket", and "Washerwomen" and deal with Boudin's modernity and the wider art history of Normandy.