Eugène-Louis Boudin, French painter, was born in Honfleur, the son of a harbor pilot. In 1835, he settled in Le Havre, where he was apprenticed to a printer. In 1838, he started to work in an art supplies store and drew in his spare time. Paintings by Couture, Millet, Troyon and other artists who visited the city were exhibited in the store. They gave young Boudin valuable help and advice. Soon he gave up the store, to dedicate himself wholeheartedly to painting. In 1847-48, he traveled to Paris, visited northern France. In 1850, he exhibited two pictures in Le Havre, after which the town granted him a three-year scholarship to study in Paris (1851-1853).
1863. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
1863. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1864. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1864. Oil on wood. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
1864. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1864. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1869. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1872. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1875. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
1880s. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1882. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
1888. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
1893. Oil on canvas. National Gallery, London, UK.
c.1895-1896. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
Landscapes by Barbizon School. by N.Yavorskaya. Moscow. 1962.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
Eugиne Boudin, 1824-1898 by Eugиne Boudin. Editions Anthèse, 1992.
Boudin et la Normandie by Laurent Manoeuvre. Herscher, 1991.
Eugиne Boudin by Georges Jean-Aubry. New York Graphic Society, 1968.
Eugène Boudin by Georges Jean-Aubry, Robert Schmit. Ides et Calendes, 1998.