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Eugene Boudin
Woman Washing, Trouville, 1863
This depiction of a washerwoman working among fishing boats contrasts vividly with Boudin's scenes of the Parisian bourgeoisie relaxing on the beaches of Trouville. In the foreground, a woman stoops over soiled laundry, which she will rinse in the water, rub together using sand as an abrasive, and then beat against the stones and rocks. The bank recedes into space on the diagonal; a bridge in the background signals the rapid urbanization of this growing resort town. |