1865
gouache
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Woman in a Crinoline on the Beach of Trouville is a 1865 gouache by Eugène Boudin, a Impressionism work, depicting Sitting, held at National Gallery of Art.
A woman in a wide, stiff skirt stands alone on a sandy beach, her back to us. The wind tugs at her bonnet and parasol. Tiny boats dot the pale blue water behind her. Boudin painted this quickly, right on the spot. The skirt—called a crinoline—was a fashion craze in the 1860s, but it looks awkward here, like a cage of air. The watercolor lets light shine through, so the beach feels breezy and real, not posed. He was one of the first to paint outdoors like this, catching fleeting moments instead of studio scenes. If you like this loose, light style, look up the movement: 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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