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I think I will go back to mahogany [wood, as layer for his paintings], the only stable wood, together with old oak. But mahogany is so heavy. And it has another drawback, it blackens even through the primers if they are not thick enough and applied in several coats.

— Eugène Boudin

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Eighty percent of Boudin's beach scenes are painted on wood panels; in small formats, c. 30 x 45 cm

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I exhaust myself terribly to content the world, and never manage to content myself.

I dare not think of the sun-drenched beaches and the stormy skies, and of the joy of painting them in the sea breezes.

I shall do other things, but I will always be the painter of beaches.

I find my work increasingly more straining, in particular since I have been trying to finish my studies outside.

They [the holiday-visitors near Le Havre] love my little ladies [paintings] on the beach, and some people say that there's a thread of gold to exploit there.

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