EugÃ ne Boudin ( 12 July 1824 -- 8 August 1898 ) was a French painter of landscapes and seascapes . He was one of the first landscape painters to paint outdoors , rather than in a studio . EugÃ ne Boudin ( 12 July 1824 -- 8 August 1898 ) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors .