Details
- Object type
painting
- Title
Brussels, the Old Fish Market
- Artist/Maker
Eugène Boudin artist
- Culture/School
French
- Place Associated
Belgium, Brussels (place depicted)
- Date
1871
- Materials
oil on panel
- Dimensions
framed: 376 mm x 583 mm x 82 mm; unframed: 257 mm x 463 mm
- Description
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Boudin was fascinated by the subject of the market, and of fishmarkets in particular. Of 37 signed paintings of markets by the artist, 21 show fishmarkets. In these scenes, whether painted in Brittany, Brussels or Rotterdam, Boudin enjoyed the challenge of depicting a crowd - simultaneously catching it in all its diversity and yet preserving the individuality of certain figures.
The further challenge was one of avoiding anecdote and yet capturing characteristic movements, gestures, attitudes and costumes. In his notebooks he records the preparations he knew he should first undertake: ‘Fishmarkets. Ponder that in different ways, whether having figures predominate or focusing all the attention on the fish. This must be prepared on the spot to have exactly the right people and props.’
- Credit Line/Donor
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
- Collection
Burrell Collection: Pictures [Oils, Pastels and Watercolours]
- ID Number
35.44
- Location
Burrell Collection
- Related People