DEAUVILLE, LES QUAIS

UNLIKE THE MASTERS OF DUTCH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ART, OR CONTEMPORARIES SUCH AS MONET, BOUDIN RARELY PAINTED SHIPS OUT AT SEA. IN BOUDIN'S PAINTINGS, QUAYS, DOCKS, AND DOCKYARDS PROVIDE A CONVENIENT STRUCTURE BY MEANS OF WHICH THE ARTIST DEFINES PICTORIAL SPACE. IN THE DISTINCTIVE TROUVILLE AND DEAUVILLE JETTIES BOUDIN FOUND AN APPROPRIATE COMPOSITIONAL DEVICE WHICH HE USED IN NUMEROUS PAINTINGS.