In the shop, hung above Monet's drawings, were seascape paintings by a local painter named Eugène Boudin.

Monet disliked Boudin's paintings; he considered them "disgusting" and hated the artist without ever having met him.

In the early summer of 1858, probably just a few months after Monet's first meeting Boudin, the two went on a painting expedition into Montgeon forest in Rouelles, on the north-east side of Le Havre.

[3] In August of 1858, Monet submitted View from Rouelles to an exhibition in Le Havre and was accepted.

[3] Two of Boudin's paintings, both titled Landscape (vallée de Rouelles) were shown at the same exhibition.