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. He painted a lot of paintings in Le Havre and its surroundings.

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Le Havre. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page. William Callow (1812–1908) was an English landscape painter, engraver and water colourist. He was […]

Auguste-Xavier Leprince was a French painter, drawer and engraver, best known for his paintings of agrarian scenes. His father, Anne Pierre Leprince, was a painter and a lithographer. His brothers, Leopold Leprince and Gustave Leprince, were also painters.

He painted Parisian street scenes and landscapes. He also did paintings depicting the farming life in rural France. For example, his 1822 painting La moisson showed labourers harvesting a field. His 1823 painting, “Embarquement des bestiaux sur le Passager dans le port de Honfleur” (Embarkation of Cattle on the Passager at the Port of Honfleur), became emblematic of the cattle paintings of that era. It once belonged to Charles X and is currently in the Louvre.

We found only one of his paintings in Le Havre

Eugene Lepoittevin was a French landscape painter, lithographer and caricaturist. He was appointed as Peintre de la Marine for the French Ministry of Defence in 1849. His work is exhibited in many museums in France and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

His cousin was the famous French author Guy de Maupassant. He was trained as a painter by Louis Hersent and Xavier Leprince.

Paul Huet was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington’s example influenced Huet to reject neoclassicism and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature. Huet’s works, which include oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs, are Romantic in feeling.

We found one of his works for Le Havre and one for the surrounding town of Harfleur.

James Holland was an English painter of flowers, landscapes, architecture and marine subjects, and book illustrator. He worked in both oils and watercolours and was a member of the Royal Watercolour Society.

His father and other members of his family were employed at the pottery works of William Davenport in Longport. James was himself employed there, from the age of 12, for 7 years, painting flowers on pottery and porcelain. In 1819, he came to London where he continued to work as a pottery painter, but also gave lessons in drawing landscapes, architecture, and marine subjects.

He did not paint much in France, mostly Paris, but we did find one of his works dealing with Le Havre.

Adolphe Hervier, in full: Louis-Henri-Victor-Jules-François-Adolphe Hervier 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.Despite being Parisian, his favorite painting locations were in Normandy; including Honfleur, Le Havre, Rouen and Granville. Here is the only painting we found of his dealing with Le Havre.

Louis-Alexandre Dubourg is a French painter, born and died in Honfleur. He worked as a commercial agent, painting as a serious hobby. It was only after meeting with a professional artist that he decided to paint for a living. He mostly painted cities in Normandy.We found only one of his works consecrated to Le Havre.

Edward William Cooke was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener. Cooke was born in London, the son of well-known line engraver George Cooke; his uncle, William Bernard Cooke, was also a line engraver of note, and Edward was raised in the company of artists. He spent many years in The Netherlands and in Venice, Italy, but despite all his travels he managed to paint quite a lot of places in Normandy. Here are his works for Le Havre.

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 are some of his works for Le Havre and surroundings.

Here are all the artists featured on our site that have painted in Le Havre and its immediate surroundings. There’s a map with one location per artist per city. Use the map to look at that artist’s works of art.

Edward Alexander Wadsworth was an English artist, most famous for his close association with Vorticism. He painted, often in tempera, coastal views, abstracts, portraits and still-life. He was also an engraver on wood and copper. In the First World War he was involved in transferring dazzle camouflage designs onto ships for the Royal Navy, and after the war he continued to paint nautical themes. He painted one painting in Le Havre.

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 Le Havre and its surroundings. Here they are.

Frits Thaulow was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape. We found two paintings of his in Le Havre.

Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women. He painted several places in Normandy.

Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. He started training as an architect but quickly decided he wanted to be an artist. He made one painting in Le Havre, here it is.

Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy, and several in Le Havre. Here are some of his Le Havre works.

Albert Lebourg, a French painter who spent time in Rouen, Normandy, Algeria and The Netherlands followed the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movements. Here are 2 of his works he did in Le Havre

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 spent quite some time on the coast of Normandy. Here are some of his works in Le Havre and surroundings.

John Sell Cotman was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. He was the son of rich merchants but did not follow in their footsteps. He travelled and painted extensively in 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. Here is the one painting we found of his of Le Havre.

Norbert Goeneutte was a Paris born painter/etcher, who started out working in a lawyer’s office, but this did not suit him. He then started a life as a painter, travelling through Europe. Here are some of hi painting and etchings of Le Havre.

Part 2 of Raoul Dufy, born in Le Havre where he painted with his younger brother Jean Dufy. He created an impressive amount of paintings dealing with life in Le Havre. Here are the paintings that deal with the Le Havre surroundings; Sainte-Adresse and Harfleur.

Alexander Beggrov, a Russian artist/painter, who travelled all over the world for the Russian Navy. He only painted one painting in Normandy.