The West coast of France, including most of the North Sea coast line and the biggest portion of the Atlantic Coast. Home of the famous Normandy and Brittany regions.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Florent Fidele 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.
Here are two of his drawings he made in Cherbourg, Normandy.
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.
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 are two of his drawings he made in the city of Caen, Normandy, and one made in the outskirts of the city.
Henri Charles Guerard (1846 – 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris.
He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Manet.
Not much else is known about this artist. Here is the one etching of his we found dealing with Caen, Normandy.
Henri Charles Guerard (1846 – 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris.
He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Manet.
Not much else is known about this artist.
Here are his etchings he made of Le Havre, Normandy.
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.
To our knowledge, Cameron did not paint in Le Havre itself, but in 2 of its suburbs, Harfleur and Montivilliers. Here are his works of art.
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.
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.
Here is the one painting of his we found dealing with the city of Caen, Normandy.
Gaston Bruelle (1849 – 1884) was a French painter of mostly marine paintings. Bruelle was a student of Jules Noel and exhibited in the “salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais” from 1869 to 1881. He also contributed to the weekly paper “Le Yacht” in 1993 with 8 paintings illustrating the regatas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville.
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793 – 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfield.
Until his death he contributed a long series of powerful and highly popular works to the Academy, both of marine subjects and landscapes from his travels at home and in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Ireland.
Here is the one painting of his we found which he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
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.
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.
Here are 5 of his etching he made of Le Havre, and one in Harfleur (suburb of Le Havre), Normandy.
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 after being captured.
Here are some of the paintings he made in Cherbourg, Normandy.
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.
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.
Here are two of his paintings he made in the city of Caen, Normandy.
Paul Cesar Helleu (1859 – 1927) was a French oil painter, pastel artist, drypoint etcher, and designer, best known for his numerous portraits of beautiful society women of the Belle Epoque. He also conceived the ceiling mural of night sky constellations for Grand Central Terminal in New York City. He was also the father of Jean Helleu and the grandfather of Jacques Helleu, both artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.
Helleu was commissioned in 1884 to paint a portrait of a young woman named Alice Guérin (1870–1933). They fell in love, and married on 28 July 1886. Throughout their lives together, she was his favourite model. Charming, refined and graceful, she helped introduce them to the aristocratic circles of Paris, where they became popular fixtures.
On his second trip to the United States in 1912, Helleu was awarded the commission to design was the ceiling decoration in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. He decided on a mural of a blue-green night sky covered by the starry signs of the zodiac that cross the Milky Way. Although the astrological design was widely admired, the ceiling was covered in the 1930s. It was completely restored in 1998.
While planning for a new exhibition with Jean-Louis Forain, he died in 1927 at age 67 of peritonitis following surgery in Paris. Among many of his friends was Coco Chanel, who chose beige as her signature colour upon on his advice—the colour of the sand on the beach of Biarritz in early morning. Both his son Jean Helleu and his grandson Jacques Helleu became artistic directors for Parfums Chanel.
Here are some of his many paintings he made in Deauville, Normandy.
Jean Dufy, a French painter, was born in Le Havre and painted in the Fauvism, Impressionism, Modernism, and Cubism styles/movements. His older brother, Raoul Dufy, was also an artist and became Jean’s mentor.
He painted mostly in the Paris region, but did manage a few in Deauville. Here they are.
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
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 is one of his paintings we found he made in Cherbourg.
