Boudin worked
directly from nature on the Normandy coast, especially in the
resort towns of Deauville and Trouville. He always painted outdoors
and he was interested in the effects of light on the sea and sand
in different seasons and times of day as well as in changing weather
conditions.
Monet and the other Impressionist painters held Boudin in such
high esteem that he was included in the first Impressionist exhibition
in 1874. He had introduced Monet and the others to plein air painting
(working directly from nature, in the open air), and he never
wavered in his pursuit of depicting the effects of light in paint.
