The Boatyard
1875
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Jean Charles Cazin
Jean-Charles Cazin was a French landscapist, museum curator and ceramicist.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Boatyard is a 1875 unspecified by Jean Charles Cazin, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a boatyard with men working on a boat and a young man melting tar at a smoky fire. The painting shows a quiet moment in a busy yard. It's interesting because it marks the start of the artist's official career, exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1876. Check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to learn more about this and other artworks.
Cazin exhibited this painting at the Paris Salon of 1876, marking the start of his official career. It depicts a boatyard in the artist's native Boulogne, a port city on the English Channel. The young man in the foreground is melting tar at a smoky fire, while men work on a boat just above him. Cazin was associated with the Realist movement during his early years and later with the Impressionists.
This painting was submitted to the Paris Salon in 1876 as Cazin’s first major work.
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Jean-Charles Cazin was a French landscapist, museum curator and ceramicist.
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