Frank Boggs

Caen – The Artists – Boggs, Frank

September 21, 2021 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Caen. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

Frank Boggs
Frank Boggs

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Frank Boggs (1855 – 1926) was an American (and later French) painter (he was born in the USA, but he died in France).

He studied art in Paris, and travelled between France (mostly Normandy), The Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.

He naturelized to French citizenship.

He is buried at the Paris-based Pere-Lachaise cemetery next to his artist son (Frank-Will Boggs).

Click here to read Boggs’ full bio (in French only) on Wikipedia.

We apologize for the quality, since some of the original images we found were very small and we had to resize it.

NOTE: Click on the image below for a bigger version (no new window will open).

Frank Boggs 1899 - A street in Caen
1899 – Frank Boggs – A street in Caen
???? - Frank Boggs - Caen
???? – Frank Boggs – Caen
???? - Frank Boggs - The Leroy Tower at Caen
???? – Frank Boggs – The Leroy Tower at Caen

TODAY: The Leroy tower still exists, located close to the castle.

Ouistreham

Ouistreham lies very close to caen, and can be considered it’s port town; This is the town which has the ferry to the UK (link).

???? - Frank Boggs - Ouistreham
???? – Frank Boggs – Ouistreham

Here are the places in France that Boggs painted in (a link “⇠” to his works in these cities will appear below when that city is online):

Artists featured here who painted in Caen (but not limited to) are (a link “⇠” will be placed next to an artist name when their works are published. A “*” means that the artist did NOT work in Caen itself, instead worked in nearby villages and towns):

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