The artists and their paintings who were active in France and born before 1900.
Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism.
He did not paint in Veules-les-Roses, but instead painted in the nearby Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Normandy.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Gritsenko was a Russian painter who specialized in maritime art and seascapes. Born in Russia, he died in France. He joined the Russian Navy, saw and painted the world.
He did not paint in Veules-les-Roses itself, but in the nearby Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783 – 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer. He was held as prisoner-of-war by the British for eight years.
He was in fact the first Peintre de la Marine.
He did not paint in Veules-les-Roses, but close by in Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
William Callow was an English landscape painter, engraver and water colourist. He travelled extensively in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, had a large number of pupils, and enjoyed favour with the royal family.
Here is his 1 painting we found which me made outside of Veules-les-Roses in the town of Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Theodore Earl Butler, (1861–1936) was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschede. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists.
Here are his works for Veules-les-Roses in Normandy.
Russian artist Alexey (Alexei) Bogolyubov painted all over the world, but many of his works were centered along the Normandy coastlines.
Here are his paintings he made in Veules-les-Roses and its surroundings in Normany.
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.
Here is the 1 painting of his we found, not in Veules-les-Roses but closeby in Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Marie Anataole Gaston Roullet (1847 – 1925), is a French painter and illustrator, appointed official painter of the Colonies and the Navy in 1885. Roullet was a pupil of Jules Noel, whose daughter, Marie-Caroline, he married in 1874.
Appointed painter to the Navy and the departments of the Colonies, Roullet took part in the military campaigns of Tonkin in 1885. Here are his paintings for Le Havre and its suburb Harfleur.
Samuel Prout was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. To earn a living, he painted marine pieces for Palser the printseller, took students, and published drawing books for learners.
He was one of the first to use lithography. He established his reputation with street scenes. At the time of his death there was hardly a place in France, Germany, Italy (especially Venice) or the Netherlands where his face had not been seen searching for antique gables and sculptured pieces of stone.
He did not work in Le Havre itself, instead he worked in nearby Harfleur.
Lucien Pissarro (1863 – 1944), son of Camille Pissarro, was a landscape painter, printmaker, wood engraver and designer and printer of fine books. His landscape paintings employ techniques of Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Apart from his landscapes he painted a few still lifes and family portraits. Until 1890 he worked in France, but thereafter was based in Britain.
Pissarro was born in Paris. He was the oldest of seven children; the son of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and his wife Julie. He studied with his father and—like his siblings Georges and Felix—he spent his formative years surrounded by his father’s fellow artists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir who frequented the Pissarro home. He was influenced by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.
Lucien Pissarro did not painted in Le Havre itself, instead he worked in the nearby Harfleur.
Paul Lucien Maze (1887 – 1979) was an Anglo-French painter. He is often known as “The last of the Post Impressionists” and was one of the great artists of his generation. His mediums included oils, watercolours and pastels and his paintings include French maritime scenes, busy New York City scenes and the English countryside.
Here are some of his paintings he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
Armand Guillaumin (1841 – 1927) was a French impressionist painter and lithographer. Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, he worked at his uncle’s lingerie shop while attending evening drawing lessons. He also worked for a French government railway before studying at the Academie Suisse in 1861. There, he met Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro with whom he maintained lifelong friendships.
He did not work directly in Le Havre itself, instead painted in the suburb Sainte-Adresse.
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.
He did not paint in Le Havre itself, instead he worked in Montivilliers, a suburb of Le Havre, Normandy.
William Frome Smallwood (1806 – 1834) was a British artist who made several paintings in France and the United Kingdom.
However, almost nothing else is known about this artist. Here is 1 artwork he made close to Dieppe in Le Bourg Dun, Normandy.
Lucien Pissarro (1863 – 1944), son of Camille Pissarro, was a landscape painter, printmaker, wood engraver and designer and printer of fine books. His landscape paintings employ techniques of Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Apart from his landscapes he painted a few still lifes and family portraits. Until 1890 he worked in France, but thereafter was based in Britain.
Pissarro was born in Paris. He was the oldest of seven children; the son of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and his wife Julie. He studied with his father and—like his siblings Georges and Felix—he spent his formative years surrounded by his father’s fellow artists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir who frequented the Pissarro home. He was influenced by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.
Lucien Pissarro did not painted in Dieppe itself, instead he worked in the nearby Berneval-le-Grand.
Georges Jean-Marie Haquette (1852 – 1906), was a French painter who acquired a reputation as a painter of fishermen. He entered the School of Fine Arts where he was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel. But after his studies, he became a sailor. He can, therefore, make on the spot picturesque scenes that are the subject of his paintings.
Not much else is know about this artist. Here are his paintings he made in Dieppe, Normandy.
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (first name often spelled Constantin- 1861 – 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. Konstantin was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as “peasants of Vladimir Gubernia”. His father, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, earned a university degree and was more interested in arts and music than in the family business established by Konstantin’s grandfather.
Here is the 1 painting of his we found that he made in Deauville, Normandy.
Joseph Mallord William Turner, known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings.
He spent a lot of time painting in Normandy. He did not paint in Cherbourg itself, instead in the nearby village of Saint-Vaast-la-Hogue.
Russian artist Alexey (Alexei) Bogolyubov painted all over the world, but many of his works were centered along the Normandy coastlines.
He did not work in Cherbourg itself, instead he painted in nearby Saint-Marcouf.
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.
Boggs did not paint in Cherbourg itself, instead he worked in nearby Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue, Normandy.
William Frome Smallwood (1806 – 1834) was a British artist who made several paintings in France and the United Kingdom.
However, almost nothing else is known about this artist. Here is 1 of his paintings he made in the nearby Jumieges. Smallwood to our knowledge did not paint in Caudebec itself.
Samuel Prout was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. To earn a living, he painted marine pieces for Palser the printseller, took students, and published drawing books for learners.
He was one of the first to use lithography. He established his reputation with street scenes. At the time of his death there was hardly a place in France, Germany, Italy (especially Venice) or the Netherlands where his face had not been seen searching for antique gables and sculptured pieces of stone.
He did not work in Caudebec itself, instead he worked in nearby Jumieges.
Edwin Thomas Dolby (1824 – 1902) was a British painter. He was a draughtsman, illustrator and lithographer who specialised in views of churches.
Not much else is known about this artist. Here are his paintings he made in Caudebec-en-Caux (now called “Rives-en-Seine”), Normandy.
Charles Ernest Cundall, (1890 – 1971), was an English painter of topographical subjects and townscapes, best known for his large panoramic canvases.
Whilst serving with the Royal Fusiliers in World War I, he was wounded in the right arm and had to learn to paint with his left arm before he returned to the RCA in 1918.
Here are his paintings for Caudebec-en-Caux and surrounding Jumieges.
