Breton Landscape
circa 1867-1870
Eugène Boudin earned the nickname 'King of Skies' from his peers, and this Breton landscape proves he wore the crown well. A massive, brooding canopy of grey and white clouds dominates the scene, pressing down on a marshy green field where puddles mirror the dramatic weather above. Small thatched-roof cottages huddle in the middle distance, looking tiny against the vastness of nature. Boudin was actually the first painter to teach a young Claude Monet how to paint outdoors, making this moody scene a direct ancestor of the Impressionist revolution.
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