Beach Near Trouville

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In the painting Beach Near Trouville (1864) by Eugène Boudin, Boudin uses formal techniques and artistic principles that enhance the painting as well as exemplify the period of Impressionism. These techniques and elements include but are not limited to colour, composition, texture, contrast, and lighting. Boudin's use of these formal techniques leave a lasting impression on the viewer of the painting. He was also able to successfully reflect many of the Impressionism movement's key elements. Eugène Boudin used a large variety of colours in Beach Near Trouville. He used a mixture of cool tones, warm tones, and neutrals. Despite the large variety and the contrast of these different colours, they all work together to form a colour composition …show more content…

Beach Near Trouville is a painterly style of work, as opposed to a linear one. There are not very many harsh lines separating one thing from another. There are a few lines to properly separate certain objects from the background, but even so, the lines are not harsh, nor do they look particularly unnatural. Many of the subjects of the painting seem to flow and fit together very naturally due to Boudin's use of loose brushstrokes. The sky and the sand both have a realistic feel to them since the brushstrokes Boudin used were so natural. An interesting aspect of this piece is how Boudin was able to create texture to draw focus to different places. For example, Boudin uses heavier strokes on the people and their outfits, and because of this, he puts emphasis on them and they stand out as the focal point of the painting. The people are also essentially faceless, but despite this fact, the way Boudin applied his paint still makes them stand out apart from the other elements in the painting. The people are not only colourful and vibrant, but the difference in the thickness of paint draws the eyes of the viewers directly to the crowd of people. The brushstrokes are heaviest on the people, and only on the people. The rest of the painting was done with lighter, more subtle brushstrokes. The sky and the rest of the background have a much neater feel in comparison to the group of people because of the way Boudin layered the paint in each respective

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