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Seagulls and Fishes

Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Seagulls and Fishes

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Although best known for his breezy coastal scenes, Boudin was also a notable painter of still life, reflecting his interest in Dutch painting and in the art of Jean-Siméon Chardin. An array of fish is shown in this sketchy painting, which can be compared with two still-life pictures of fishes, one dated 1873, in the Musée Eugène Boudin in Honfleur. However this unusual composition includes studies of seagulls in flight or perching, as though inspecting a fisherman’s catch upon a beach.

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Title

Seagulls and Fishes

Date

c. 1873

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 35 x W 53.5 cm

Accession number

WA2004.103

Acquisition method

Presented by the executors of Derek Hill in accordance with the wishes of John Sparrow, 2004

Work type

Painting

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Eugène Louis Boudin

1824–1898

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