Antibes, Le Fort Carré
1893
Eugène Boudin, often called the 'King of Skies' by his peers, captures the breezy atmosphere of the French Riviera in this sun-drenched coastal scene. Painted in 1893, it shows the historic Fort Carré perched on a hill overlooking the calm waters of Antibes, where small fishing boats rest on the rocky shore. Boudin's loose, feathery brushstrokes perfectly mimic the shifting clouds and shimmering light, a plein-air style that heavily influenced his friend Claude Monet and helped birth the entire Impressionist movement. He spent his life chasing the perfect sky, and here, the vast, cloud-filled expanse clearly steals the show from the mountains below.
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