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.
Henry Thomas Schafer (1854 – 1915), aka Henry Thomas Schäfer, was a British painter who travelled extensively in Europe. But very little is known about this artist.
He painted in quite a few places in Normandy. Here are his works he made in the city of Caen.
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TODAY: The Saint-Pierre church, aka (wrongly) the cathedral, is the centrepiece of the city of Caen. It is located right next to the castle.
TODAY: The inside of the Saint-Pierre church (also known wrongly as the cathedral) has not changed much.
Schafer painted several other places in France (see list below), which will be featured eventually on this site. A link “⇠” to those cities will appear below when published.
- Brittany
- Morlaix
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Chartres
- Grand Est
- Muhlhausen
- Strasbourg
- Hauts-de-France
- Abbeville
- Beauvais
- Normandy
- Caen ⇠
- Caudebec-en-Caux ⇠
- Coutance
- Evreux
- Fecamp ⇠
- Honfleur ⇠
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):
- 🇺🇸 Boggs, Frank Myers ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Bonington, Richard Parkes ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudan, Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Bourgeois, Constant ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Callow, William ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Cameron, David Young ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Cotman, John Sell ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Dauzats, Adrien ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Jolimont, Theodore Basset ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Dolby, Edwin ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Dommersen, William ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Garneray, Ambroise Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Gernez, Paul-Elie * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Guerard, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Hervier, Louis Adolphe ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Isabey, Eugene ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lepine, Stanislas ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lepoittevin, Eugene ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Letellier, Emile-Andre ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Montague, Alfred ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Poynter, Ambrose ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Prout, Samuel ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Roberts, David ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Rushout, Anne ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Schafer, Henry Thomas ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Stanfield, Clarkson George ⇠
- 🇧🇪 Timmermans, Louis-Etienne * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Thorigny, Felix ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Turner, Joseph Mallord William ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Valtat, Louis * ⇠
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