This painting depicts a sandy beach under a vast, light blue sky. The horizon is in the center of the painting where the blue sky blends into the blue water. In the center of the painting, a group of women are on the beach, some standing and some seated. The women have light skin and wear clothing in shades of brown, dark blue, and red. They all wear headscarves covering their hair, mostly white except for one that is dark blue. Some of the women carry baskets, while others set them on the sandy ground. In the background, there are faint shapes near the shoreline created by small daubs of…
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Women on the Beach at Berck

painter Eugène Boudin (French, 1824 - 1898)

1881

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 24.8 x 36.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.) ; framed: 41.6 x 52.4 x 5.2 cm (16 3/8 x 20 5/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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