The Normandy region, consisting of Upper and Lower Normandy, is one of the famous regions in France. Rich in history dating back to the Viking invasions and the many wars with England, the country side is full of castles, fortresses, hills, forests and of course an interesting coastline.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Here are all the artists featured on our site that have painted in Caen 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.
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.
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, despite that, we found only 2 of his painting of Caen.
George Clarkson Stanfield was an English painter. Stanfield was born in London, the second son from the second marriage of his painter father Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. He received his artistic training largely from his father, and painted the same class of subjects including landscape art and marine art. He attended the Royal Academy Schools, but was not formally enrolled.
He is best known for his topographical views painted during his visits to the Rhine Valley, the Moselle, Switzerland, and the Italian lakes.
He did not paint much in Normandy, but here’s the only painting we found of his from Caen.
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 city of Caen.
Eugène 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.
We found only one of his works dealing with the city of Caen
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 are his works we found related to Caen.
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 is the only painting we found of his dealing with Caen.
Eugene Louis Gabriel Isabey was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style. He was born to Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a well known painter who enjoyed the patronage of the Imperial Family. Originally, he wanted to be a sailor, but his father insisted that he study painting; a turnabout from the usual situation where the family opposes an artistic career in favor of something more practical. He favored historical paintings, genre scenes and landscapes, but also executed numerous canvases depicting storms and shipwrecks; possibly reflecting his own thwarted career plans. He painted extensively in Normandy, but we’ve found only one painting of his dealing with the city of Caen.
John Cotman, a British painter, was quite active in Normandy. He spent a lot of time painting in Caen and Ouistreham (suburb of Caen). Here are some of his paintings.
William Callow (1812–1908) was an English landscape painter, engraver and water colourist. He was apprenticed to the artist Copley Fielding, where he learnt the technique of plein air sketching. He went on to study under Theodore and Thales Fielding, where he learnt to colour prints and make aquatints, and was taught watercolor painting between 1825-1827.
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 are his paintings he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
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.
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.
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.
