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Born place: Honfleur, France. A forerunner of the impressionists, Boudin created freely and with sincerity; he painted for his own enjoyment as a poet of sea and sky, depicting people caught unawares on the beach, conversations, coquetry under parasols, a hasty return before the threatening storm with the flurry of the hooped dresses and ribbons of the disquieted fashionable ladies, ...

Francis Danby (17 November 1783 - 10 February 1861), English painter, of Irish origin, known for his poetical landscapes. Born in Ireland , he studied at the Dublin Society. In 1813 he visited London , then settled in Bristol . He began working here, but his first works - a series of watercolors - were monotonous and inspired by local scenes, failing to find any buyers. In 1819 ...