Eugène Boudin, French
“Mommy and Auntie Are Talking Right Now, Honey. Why Don’t You Go Play in One of Your Rooms?,” 1885
Oil on panel
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Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here, here, here (archived if necessary), here (Google translated, if necessary), here, here, here, here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, here, here (archived, if necessary), here, and here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated French Wikipedia page has more).
/// Painter Braquaval later would grouse
that Boudin, his “good friend” was a louse.
“You knew just what I meant
when I got your assent
to, for one hundred francs, paint my house!”
/// “I’d have never agreed to pay you
for an oil like the ones which I do.
Did you not read my notes?
I wrote ‘Give it two coats!’
Return all you were paid or I’ll sue.”
/// Eugène Boudin replied, “Don’t you see?
What you got is a bargain from me.
I have painted your house,
plus your daughters and spouse,
and I threw in the garden for free.”
/// Braquaval: “You are being absurd.
Any fool can see you broke your word.
It is not at all clear
you’ve portrayed my home here,
for, whatever it is, it’s too blurred!”
/// Braquaval, the disgruntled consumer,
got revenge later on. (That’s the rumor.)
Told Boudin, “Just for fun
I will paint your young son.”
The blue boy’s dad had no sense of humor.