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This painting shows a beach scene with people gathered on the sandy shore, facing away from us, looking towards the water. The horizon is in the center of the image, with the pale green-blue sea meeting the slightly darker blue sky. A white sailboat is visible in the distance. Closer to us, people are seen sitting or standing on the tan sand, some under a striped red-and-white canopy or sitting on brown chairs. The people are depicted with minimal detail, composed of streaks of paint that suggest dresses in shades of gray, white, yellow, and black, and hats in shades of black, white, yellow,…

On the Beach

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824 - 1898)

1894 · oil on wood

National Gallery of Art · Chester Dale Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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