1866
chalk
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Four Ladies Seated at Trouville is a 1866 chalk by Eugène Boudin, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows four women sitting on a bench, all facing away from us. One wears a bright red scarf, another has a patterned dress, and a man stands nearby with his back turned. The scene looks casual, like a quick moment outdoors. The colors are soft and the lines are loose, almost like a hurried note. The artist used watercolor and chalk to capture light and movement, not details. This style was new at the time—less polished than typical paintings. If you like this sketchy, lively look, check out Impressionism.
Eugène Louis Boudin (French: ; 12 July 1824 – 8 August 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors.
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