Word: seascapist
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Portugal, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa and Colombia were all on hand for the first time. Germany and Yugoslavia (but none of the Soviet satellites) were back for the first time since the war. From the U.S. had come a retrospective showing of 48 paintings by Seascapist John Marin, along with samplings of six younger-and lesser-U.S. artists (TIME, June 12). Surveying that bewildering array, one British critic moaned: "They have collected too much art. Too many impressions are fighting each other...
Between Rouen and Le Havre the Seine becomes so broad that ferryboats take the place of bridges. Wending its serpentine way through the Norman greenery, the river flows past the village of Villequier, once the home of Victor Hugo, begins to turn salty near Quillebeuf, painted by the seascapist Boudin. The exhibition, with six splendid Boudins including a glimpse of the beach at Trouville, ends with Corot's serene view of seaside Honfleur...
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