What we see

Look closely at these two pictures. How would you describe them to someone who could not see them?

How we feel

How do you think the artist made this work? What do you notice about where these women are posing?

What we think

How many colours can you count in each painting? Which portrait do you think took longer to make?

How it was made

Anthony Flower did not always name his paintings so we have to call it Title Unknown and then we added Woman in Blue to help describe it. What title would you give this painting he did of his wife, Mary?

About the artist:

Eugene Boudin (1824-1898) was a French painter born into a family of seafarers. He preferred to paint outdoors which was unusual for the time. His friend Claude Monet adopted this method of painting and began one of the most famous styles of painting in the world, Impressionism.

Links

You can find more of Boudin’s paintings in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery’s website in Collections: http://www.beaverbrookartgallery.org/collections.asp