Eugène BOUDIN (1824-1898). Farm near Quimper. Oil on parquet panel, signed and dated 1858 lower right. On the back label Galerie Schmitt, 396 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 PARIS. Height 38 cm - Width 56 cm 20 000 / 40 000 € Note: A Norman painter considered one of the precursors of Impressionism, he was one of the first to paint directly on the canvas. one of the first to paint directly on the motif, outdoors. It was from 1855 onwards that he decided to to spend several periods in the Quimper region, as evidenced by our work and three others three others exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper: L'Odet aux environs de Quimper, from 1855-1858; Vue du port de Quimper and a pastel depicting the interior of Quimper Cathedral. Provenance: - Langevin Collection (Le Havre). - Henri Garnier Collection (Paris). - Lord Weir Collection (Scotland). - Featured in the Eugène. Boudin - Galerie Schmit - (May 7-July 12, 1980) under catalogue no. 3 where it is reproduced. Our work appears in the Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œuvre peinte de ce Maître - Editions Galerie Schmit (Paris - 1973) tome I, n°184. Certificate from Robert SCHMIT dated September 11, 1980.