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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.

Milly Childers

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Childers, Milly

March 13, 2022 / ° Artists, Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, West

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.

Beauport Abbey of Paimpol, Brittany

Paimpol – Beauport Abbey

July 27, 2020 / Brittany, Paimpol, West

The Beauport Abbey in Paimpol, Brittany was built in 1202. It was one of the first buildings in Paimpol. Today, most of the abbey is a ruin, but it can still be visited. It is also the starting point of one of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage routes.

Paimpol Tourist Office View

Paimpol – Introduction

July 27, 2020 / Paimpol

Paimpol is a rather large town, some 7100 inhabitants, located on the Northern part of Brittany. It’s a pleasant town, and therefore you’ll see many tourists during the summer month, attracted by the harbour, beach and restaurants.

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Turner, Joseph Mallord William

March 16, 2022 / ° Artists, Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, West

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.

Eugene Louis Boudin

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Boudin, Eugene-Louis

March 13, 2022 / ° Artists, Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, West

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.

Frank Myers Boggs

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Boggs, Frank Myers

March 13, 2022 / ° Artists, Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy, West

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.

William Turner

Caen – The Artists – Turner, William

November 28, 2020 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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.

Clarkson George Stanfield

Caen – The Artists – Stanfield, George Clarkson

November 27, 2020 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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

Caen – The Artists – Schafer, Henry Thomas

November 27, 2020 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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.

Eugene Lepoittevin

Caen – The Artists – Lepoittevin, Eugene

January 23, 2023 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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

Caen – The Artists – Callow, William

November 27, 2020 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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 Jongkind

Caen – The Artists – Jongkind, Johan

November 27, 2020 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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 Isabey

Caen – The Artists – Isabey, Eugene

October 4, 2021 / ° Artists, Caen, Normandy, West

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.

William Callow

Le Havre – The Artists – Callow, William

February 25, 2022 / ° Artists, Le Havre, Normandy, West

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.

Thomas Shotter Boys

Le Havre – The Artists – Leprince, Auguste-Xavier

November 27, 2020 / ° Artists, Le Havre, Normandy, West

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

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