Louis-Adolphe Hervier

Caen – The Artists – Hervier, Louis Adolphe

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.

Adolphe Hervier, in full: Louis-Henri-Victor-Jules-François-Adolphe Hervier (1818 – 1879) was a French painter and engraver, known for his rural genre scenes. Over his lifetime, his style changed from a strict Romanticism to an early type of Impressionism.

He was the son of a painter but had a difficult life in the beginning making it as a living. In addition to his numerous oil and watercolor paintings, he produced engravings by etching, aquatint and lithography. Despite being Parisian, his favorite painting locations were in Normandy; including Honfleur, Le Havre, Rouen and Granville. Camille Corot helped promote his work, but he made little money and was employed painting landscape backgrounds for more prestigious artists.

Click here to read his full bio on Wikipedia.

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Louis Hervier 1856 - Caen
1856 – Louis Hervier – Caen
Louis Hervier 1864 - Washing Women at Caen
1864 – Louis Hervier – Washing Women at Caen
Louis Hervier 1874 - Market square at Caen
1874 – Louis Hervier – Market square at Caen
1874 - Louis Hervier  - Caen, the Harbour
1874 – Louis Hervier – Caen, the Harbour
Louis Hervier ???? - Around Caen
???? – Louis Hervier – Around Caen
???? - Louis Hervier  - Basement of a house in Caen
???? – Louis Hervier – Basement of a house in Caen
???? - Louis Hervier  - Market in front of the Saint Sauveur church in Caen
???? – Louis Hervier – Market in front of the Saint Sauveur church in Caen

TODAY: There still is a farmer’s market alongside the Saint Serveur church in Caen.

Hervier painted several other places in Normandy and a few others in France ( a link “” to his works will appear below when published):

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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