° Artists

The artists and their paintings who were active in France and born before 1900.

Thomas Shotter Boys

Dieppe – The Artists – Boys, Thomas Shotter

Thomas Boys was born at London. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship came to an end he went to Paris where he met and came under the influence of Richard Parkes Bonington, who persuaded him to abandon engraving for painting.

Here are some of his works of art he made in Dieppe, Normandy.

Paul-Elie Gernez

Artist: Gernez, Paul-Elie

Paul-Elie Gernez born in Onnaing on January 27, 1888 and died in Honfleur on September 6, 1948 is a French painter, watercolourist, engraver and illustrator.

Eugene Louis Boudin

Dieppe – The Artists – Boudin, Eugene-Louis

Eugene Boudin is a real Normandy based artist, born and died in Normandy. He was an Impressionist painter and a close friend of Claude Monet.

He was the son of a harbour pilot who later went on and set up a picture framing and stationery shop. His son took to the business and later set up his own shop, putting him in contact with many artists. At the age of 22 he started painting.

Here are most of his paintings we found that he made in Dieppe, Normandy.

Louis Boudan

Dieppe – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignieres, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Almost all of his drawings are of the castles and churches to be found in France towards the end of the 17th and beginning 18th century. Many of the historical monuments he painted can still be seen today.

Here are his drawings he made in Dieppe, Normandy.

Richard Parkes Bonington

Dieppe – The Artists – Bonington, Richard Parkes

Richard Parkes Bonington, a British artist who spent most of his life in France, died early (age 25), but managed to paint many paintings. His Romanticism Landscape style made him a popular painter in his generation.

Here are several of his paintings he made in Dieppe, Normandy.

Frank Myers Boggs

Dieppe – The Artists – Boggs, Frank Myers

Frank Boggs was an American (and later French) painter (born in the USA, died in France). He studied art in Paris, and travelled between France (Normandy), The Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. He naturelized to French citizenship. He is buried next to his artist son in Paris.

He painted a lot in Dieppe, Normandy. Here are all his works we could find.

Jacques-Emile Blanche

Dieppe – The Artists – Blanche, Jacques-Emile

Jacques-Emile Blanche was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris. Blanche was born in Paris. His father, whose name he shared, was a successful psychiatrist who ran a fashionable clinic, and he was brought up in the rich Parisian neighborhood of Passy in a house that had belonged to the Princesse de Lamballe.

Most of his paintings were made in London, Paris and Dieppe (Normandy). Here are his paintings of Dieppe and its surroundings.

Eugene Ciceri

Artist: Ciceri, Eugene

Etienne Eugene Ciceri (1813 – 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.

He came from an artistic family. His father was the scenographer, Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri. He was also the grandson of the painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey, and his mother’s brother was the painter Eugene Isabey.

Conrad Wise Chapman

Deauville – The Artists – Chapman, Conrad Wise

Conrad Wise Chapman (1842 – 1910) was an American painter who served in the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1865. Conrad Wise Chapman was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Europe where his father, John Gadsby Chapman, was working as an artist.

After the end of the American Civil War, unable to reconcile to the Confederacy’s loss, Chapman traveled to Mexico where he painted a series of views of the Valley of Mexico. He also spent time in France and England.

Here is one of his paintings we found which he made in Deauville, Normandy.

Felix Thorigny

Caen – The Artists – Thorigny, Felix

Felix Thorigny (1824, Caen – 1870, Paris) was a French master draughtsman, veduta painter and landscape painter. He worked extensively in Paris and London. Not much else is known about this artist.

Here are some of his works we found dealing with Caen (Normandy).

Felix Thorigny

Bayeux – The Artists – Thorigny, Felix

Felix Thorigny (1824, Caen – 1870, Paris) was a French master draughtsman, veduta painter and landscape painter. He worked extensively in Paris and London. Not much else is known about this artist.

Here are some of his works we found dealing with Bayeux (Normandy).

Felix Thorigny

Artist: Thorigny, Felix

Felix Thorigny (1824, Caen – 1870, Paris) was a French master draughtsman, veduta painter and landscape painter. He worked extensively in Paris and London.

Not much else is known about this artist.

Hubert Robert

Le Havre – The Artists – Robert, Hubert

Hubert Robert (1733 – 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.

He worked extensively in Italy and France. He was a lucky man, since he escape the guillotine due to a clerical error during the French revolution.

Here is the one painting of his we found of Le Havre, Normandy.

Hubert Robert

Artist: Robert, Hubert

Hubert Robert (1733 – 1808) was a French painter in the school of Romanticism, noted especially for his landscape paintings and capricci, or semi-fictitious picturesque depictions of ruins in Italy and of France.

He worked extensively in Italy and France. He was a lucky man, since he escape the guillotine due to a clerical error during the French revolution.

Theodore Basset de Jolimont

Caen – The Artists – de Jolimont, Theodore Basset

François Gabriel Théodore Basset de Jolimont (1787 – 1854) was a French artist, lithographer, painter and antiquary.

Despite his talent and the volume of his work, de Jolimont always struggled with poor fortune.

Here are many of his works he did in Caen and surroundings.

Theodore Basset de Jolimont

Artist: de Jolimont, Theodore Basset

François Gabriel Théodore Basset de Jolimont (1787 – 1854) was a French artist, lithographer, painter and antiquary.

Despite his talent and the volume of his work, de Jolimont always struggled with poor fortune.

Adrien Dauzats

Caen – The Artists – Dauzats, Adrien

Adrien Dauzats was a French landscape, genre painter and painter of Oriental subject matter. He travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and illustrated a number of books for the travel writer, Baron Taylor. Despite travelling extensively in the Middle East, he also painted a lot on France.

Here are his works for the city of Caen, Normandy.

Adrien Dauzats

Artist: Dauzats, Adrien

Adrien Dauzats was a French landscape, genre painter and painter of Oriental subject matter. He travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and illustrated a number of books for the travel writer, Baron Taylor.

Despite travelling extensively in the Middle East, he also painted a lot on France

Richard Parkes Bonnington

Caen – The Artists – Bonington, Richard Parkes

Richard Parkes Bonington, a British artist who spent most of his life in France, died early (age 25), but managed to paint many paintings. His Romanticism Landscape style made him a popular painter in his generation.

Here are several of his paintings he made in caen and surrounding.

Constant Bourgeois

Artist: Bourgeois, Constant

Florent Fidèle Constant Bourgeois (1767 – 1841) was a French landscape painter, engraver, and lithographer. He studied under Jacques-Louis David, but spent much of his time in Italy.

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