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.
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.
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.
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 his works for the city of Caen and subburg Ouistreham in Normandy.
Here are all the artists featured on our site that have painted in Bayeux 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.
John Burgess Junior was a British artist. He was part of the Burgess dynasty of artists; son of John Cart Burgess (an English watercolour painter of flowers and landscapes, and an author of two books on art technique) and Charlotte Smith (a talented sculptress and silver medal winner at the Royal Academy).
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. We found two of his art works of the city of Bayeux.
One of the very few female artists we’ve been able to find that painted in Normandy. Anne Rushout is British and was a Lady. Not much else is known about her. Here are two of her Caen works.
David Roberts was a Scottish painter. He started as a decorator and house painter, but got an interest in paintings. He travelled extensively in the Middle East, and to reach the Middle East he travelled through France. Here are some of his detailed paintings he made of Caen.
Le Treport, in the most Northern part of Upper Normandy, is a small fishing town with many restaurants and one big attraction; their (free) funicular!
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.
Ambrose Poynter was an English architect and one of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects in 1834. Poynter lived in Paris between 1830 and 1832, where Lavinia Forster (his mother-in-law from 1832) provided a social centre for artists. He became friends with many artists and painted several places in Normandy.Here are some of his works dealing with the city of Caen.
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 are some of his works he did in Caen
Gustave Loiseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets. He painted a lot in Normandy, here are four of his paintings he made in Caen.
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.
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.
Frits Thaulow was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape. We found two paintings of his in Le Havre.
