The Trawlers

1885

Eugène Boudin

Associated Names
Eugène Boudin

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

The painting depicts a busy harbor scene with ships and masts rising into the blue-gray sky. The brushstrokes are loose and impressionistic, in shades of soft grey, brown, and blue, with some pops of red and yellow from indistinct objects. In the distance, more tall masts and a thick smokestack obscure the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.4 x 26.4 cm (7 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
    framed: 29.2 x 37.2 x 4.1 cm (11 1/2 x 14 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Marlborough Fine Art, London); sold 1961 to Mr. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift 1985 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1979

  • 19th and 20th Century French Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1979 (long term exhibition), checklist no. 6

1989

  • Paintings by Eugène Boudin from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989, no cat.

2007

  • Eugène Boudin at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat..

  • Eugene Boudin, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2007-2008, no cat.

Inscriptions

lower right: [E.] Boudin 85.

Wikidata ID

Q20189800

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