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Vue de la la rade Brest et de la récolte du varech
View of the Roadstead of Brest and the Seaweed Harvest
Eugène Louis Boudin · 1873
About this painting
Boudin documents Breton women harvesting seaweed (varech) in the Brest roadstead — a coastal livelihood that vanished as Brittany modernized.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Painted at
Brest, France
