A small town located alongside the Seine river and next to one of three bridges across the river, this town is steeped in history.
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May 18, 2022
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.
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May 17, 2022
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.
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May 16, 2022
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.
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May 11, 2022
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.
Boys did not work in Caudebec itself, instead he painted in nearby Jumieges, Normandy.
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Feb 11, 2022
Emile-Andre Letellier (1833 – 1893) was a French photographer who worked almost exclusively in Normandy, France.
He became the Director of the monthly “Union photographique de France” magazine which was based in Le Havre, Normandy.
Here are the photos he made in Caudebec-en-Caux and its surrounding in Normandy.
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Jan 21, 2022
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.
Here is the 1 painting of his we found which he made in Caudebec-en-Caux
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Jun 23, 2021
Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignières, 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 is one drawing of his made in Caudebec-en-Caux, and 1 he made close to this town in Normandy.
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May 15, 2021
Sir David Young Cameron was a Scottish painter and etcher. Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
As well as becoming well known as an etcher the artist also produced a great many oil paintings and watercolour sketches of landscapes and architectural subjects. Cameron’s earliest known oil painting dates to 1883.
We found one of his paintings made in Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy.
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Apr 26, 2021
Leon-Jules Lemaître (1850 – 1905) is a French painter from the School of Rouen.
A student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he painted mainly urban scenes in Paris or Rouen.
Not much else is known about this artist. Here is the one painting of his we found of Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Apr 19, 2021
Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783 – 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer. He held as prisoner-of-war by the British for eight years.
Here is the one painting of his we found dedicated to Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy.
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Mar 30, 2021
David Davies was an Australian artist who was associated with the Heidelberg School, the first significant Western art movement in Australia.
In 1932 Davies moved to Looe, Cornwall, England, where he died on 26 March 1939.
We found one painting of his which he made in Caudebec-en-Caux
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Jul 17, 2020
Here are all the artists featured on our site that have painted in Caudebec-en-Caux in Normandy. There’s a map with one location per artist per city.
Use the map to look at all that artist’s works of art.
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Jul 9, 2020
Raoul Dufy (1877 – 1953) was a French painter in the Fauvism, Impressionism, Modernism and Cubism movements.
He was born in Le Havre where he studied arts in the local school. He (and his younger brother Jean Dufy) both painted a lot in Normandy. He went to school in Le Havre and there became a longlife friend of fellow artist Othon Friesz.
We did find only one of his paintings dealing with Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jul 8, 2020
Emily Maria Eardley Childers, known as Milly Childers, was an English painter of the later Victorian era and the early twentieth century.
She was the daughter of Hugh Childers, a prominent Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister of his generation. Little is known about Milly Childers’s early life; she began exhibiting her art around 1890. After her father’s 1892 retirement from public service, father and daughter traveled together through England and France; Milly Childers painted landscapes and church interiors. Her father’s social and political connections brought his daughter some commissioned work, including as a restorer and copyist for Lord Halifax at Temple Newsam. Childers exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
We found only one of her works dealing with Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jul 1, 2020
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, and made quite a few paintings of Caudebec-en-Caux and surroundings.
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Jul 1, 2020
Henry Thomas Schafer, 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 town of Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jul 1, 2020
Theodore Gudin, a French artist, was the very first official painter/artist of the French Navy. For his work for the country, he was made a Baron.
We found one of his paintings dealing with Caudebec-en-Caux in Normandy
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Jun 19, 2020
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 one of his works we found related to Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jun 18, 2020
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 some of his numerous paintings he made in Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jun 18, 2020
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.
He made one painting in Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jun 18, 2020
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 one painting we found of his of Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Jun 13, 2020
Georges Binet was born in Le Havre (and died in Toulon). He is a French painter known mostly for his Normandy paintings of daily life, including beaches and river scenes.
Here are several of his works of a small village alongside the Seine river, Caudebec-en-Caux.
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Dec 15, 2015
Transport Getting There Ferry: Closest ferry harbours from the UK are Dieppe and Le Havre. Within Caudebec-en-Caux Caudebec is so small that you can walk from one end to the other in 10 minutes. Restaurants There are a couple of restaurants (normal French food, crepes, pizza), but only one springs out above any of them, […]
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Dec 14, 2015
The hotel and restaurant “Le Manoir de Retival” is a very special place. First of all, it is located on the hillside between Caudebec-en-Caux and the Pont de Bretonne. The restaurant is in an old style Manor, the Manoir de Retival and it even has an adjacent chapel. They also have a few rooms available […]