Le Havre – The Artists – Stevens, Alfred
Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women. He painted several places in Normandy.
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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.
Le Havre – The Artists – Signac, Paul
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.
Here are 2 of his paintings we found which he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
Le Havre – The Artists – Pissarro, Camille
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.
Here are some of his Le Havre and Harfleur (suburb) works.
Le Havre – The Artists – Maufra, Maxime
Maxime Maufra was a French landscape and marine painter, etcher and lithographer. He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy, and a few in Le Havre. Here are his Le Havre works.
Le Havre – The Artists – Lebourg, Albert
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
Le Havre – The Artists – Jongkind, Johan
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.
Le Havre – The Artists – Cotman, John Sell
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.
Le Havre – The Artists – Gritsenko, Nikolai
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.
Le Havre – The Artists – Goeneutte, Norbert
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 his painting and etchings of Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Dufy, Raoul – Part 2
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.
Caen – The Artists – Lepine, Stanislas
Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine was a French painter who specialized in landscapes, especially views of the Seine. He was born in Caen, Normandy.Here are some of his paintings of Caen and Caen’s harbour Ouistreham.
Le Havre – The Artists – Beggrov, Alexander
Alexander Beggrov, a Russian artist/painter, who travelled all over the world for the Russian Navy.
He only painted one painting in Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Adam, Edouard-Marie
Edouard-Marie Adam, a French artist who lived a large part of his life in Le Havre and specialised in painting ships. Here are but a few of his paintings he made in Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Bogolyubov, Alexey (Alexei)
Russian artist Alexey (Alexei) Bogolyubov painted all over the world, but many of his works were centered along the normandy coastlines. Here a few of his paintings he made in Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Boudin, Eugene
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. Here are a few of his many works he made in Le Havre
Le Havre – The Artists – Pecrus, Charles Francois
Charles Pecrus was born in the Centre of France (Limoges) but was quickly discovered and moved to Paris to study art. Napoleon III even bought one of his paintings. He painted in Normandy, here are some of his works dealing with Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Osslund, Helmer
Jonas Helmer Osslund, originally Åslund was a Swedish painter. He specialized in motifs from Lappland and often painted on greaseproof paper. A large part of his education as artist was in Paris, France. Here is the only painting we could find of his dealing with Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Morrice, James Wilson
James Wilson Morrice was a significant Canadian landscape painter. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, France, where he lived for most of his career. James Morrice Street in New Bordeaux, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Montreal is named in his memory. He only made one painting in Le Havre that we have been able to find. Here it is.
Le Havre – The Artists – Marquet, Albert
Albert Marquet was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, but also several portraits and, between 1910 and 1914, several female nude paintings. He painted many paintings throughout Europe, including many of the Normandy coast. Here are a few of his Le Havre and surroundings paintings.
Le Havre – The Artists – Loiseau, Gustave
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, but only one painting in Le Havre. Here it is.
Le Havre – The Artists – Loir, Luigi
Luigi Loir, a French painter and lithographer, born in Austria. He amongst other illustrated one of Jules Verne’s book. Here are two of his works dealing with Le Havre.
Le Havre – The Artists – Gudin, Theodore
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.
Le Havre – The Artists – Dufy, Raoul – Part 1
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 but a few of them.
Le Havre – The Artists – Dufy, Jean
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 quite a few in Le Havre. Here are some of them.