Support WBUREugene Boudin: The Man Who Inspired MonetPlay07:19Download AudioSusan StambergJuly 01, 2010 ShareEugene Boudin, who coaxed Claude Monet to the seaside and inspired him to paint in the open air, ran a framing shop before taking up painting himself. (Archives Larousse, Paris, France/ Giraudon/ Bridgeman Art Library)