Approaching Storm

1864

This painting of a beach for middle-class vacationers is by Eugène Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monet’s teacher, and exemplifies the artist’s style and subject matter. Monet later followed Boudin’s practice of painting in the open air, the technique that gave this image its vivid spontaneity and atmospheric light. This practice would be particularly important for Monet and his contemporaries, who became known as the Impressionists.

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Artist

Eugène-Louis Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Date

1864

Medium

Oil on cradled panel

Dimensions

36.3 × 57.9 cm (14 3/8 × 22 1/2 in.); Framed: 61.6 × 82.9 × 9.6 cm (24 1/4 × 32 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection