Nature versus Man whips like wind through the painting Approaching Storm. Eugène Boudin often painted the moneyed and middle class. Their fancy finery struck a wry contrast with Mother Nature. Critics of his day (1864) called Boudin's landscapes "vulgar" for painting the stylish.

But whimsy's also part of nature - human nature. There's a jovial tone at the base of this. The approaching storm looms above for us, the viewer, to see. While the partiers below seem to not even notice the wind's uptick as their bonnet ribbons blow.

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