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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.

William Callow

Honfleur – The Artists – Callow, William

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 paintings he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Theodore Earl Butler

Honfleur – The Artists – Butler, Theodore Earl

Theodore Earl Butler, (1861–1936) was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschede. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists.

Here are his paintings for Honfleur, Normandy.

John Burgess Jr.

Honfleur – The Artists – Burgess Jr, John

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).

Here are some of his paintings he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Gustave Courbet

Honfleur – The Artists – Courbet, Gustave

Jean Desire Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. Courbet, a socialist, was active in the political developments of France. He was imprisoned for six months in 1871 for his involvement with the Paris Commune, and lived in exile in Switzerland from 1873 until his death.

Here are some of his paintings he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

The "Jardin des Personnalités" of Honfleur

Honfleur – The “Jardin des Personnalites”

The “Jardin des Personnalités” (famous people garden) is a must see and it’s free. Located next to the harbour entry, it’s a big landscaped garden with small gardens inside, each named after a famous person who lived or worked in Honfleur.

Henry E. Burel

Honfleur – The Artists – Burel, Henry E.

Henry E. Burel is the artist’s signature of Henri Armand Emile Burel, French painter, poet and illustrator born and died in Fecamp (1883 – 1967). He was at the same time active in Fecamp in the field of drying , packaging and trading of cod.

Here is 1 painting of his we found which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Gaston Bruelle

Honfleur – The Artists – Bruelle, Gaston

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 1893 with 8 paintings illustrating the regatas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville.

Here is the one painting of his we found which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Lady Mary Louisa Bruce

Honfleur – The Artists – Bruce, Mary Louisa, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine

Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine was the daughter of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and his second wife Louisa Elizabeth Lambton, daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. She travelled to Canada twice: the first time when her father went to Canada to investigate the Lower Canada Rebellion in 29 May – 1 November 1838. She later returned to Canada with her husband, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, from 1847 to 1853.

An accomplished artist, she studied under John Richard Coke-Smyth, alongside her sister, Lady Emily Augusta, and travel companion, Katherine Ellice. She wrote and illustrated journals and diaries of her international travels.

Here is the one painting of her we found which she made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Eugene-Louis Boudin

Honfleur – The Artists – Boudin, Eugene-Louis

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 any painting he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Frank Myers Boggs

Honfleur – The Artists – Boggs, Frank Myers

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 many paintings he made in Honfleur, Normandy.

Paul Signac

Veules-les-Roses – 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.

Signac did not paint in Veules-les-Roses itself, instead he painted in the nearby town of Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

Samuel John Peploe

Veules-les-Roses – The Artists – Peploe, Samuel

Samuel John Peploe (1871 – 1935) was a Scottish Post-Impressionist painter, noted for his still life works and for being one of the group of four painters that became known as the Scottish Colourists. The other colourists were John Duncan Fergusson, Francis Cadell and Leslie Hunter.

Peploe was strongly influenced by French painting throughout his life. Here is the one painting of his we found which he made in Veules-les-Roses, Normandy.

Achille-Etna Michallon

Veules-les-Roses – The Artists – Michallon, Achille-Etna

Achille Etna Michallon (1796–1822) was a French painter. Michallon was the son of the sculptor Claude Michallon and nephew of the sculptor Guillaume Francin. He travelled to Italy in 1818 and remained there for over two years.

Before he had much time to develop what he had learned however, he died at the age of 25 of pneumonia.

No our knowledge, he did not paint in Veules-les-Roses itself, but in nearby Saint-valery-en-Caux/

Albert Lebourg

Veules-les-Roses – The Artists – Lebourg, Albert

Albert Lebourg (1849 – 1928), birth name Albert-Marie Lebourg, also called Albert-Charles Lebourg and Charles Albert Lebourg, was a French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School (l’Ecole de Rouen). Member of the Societe des Artistes Francais, he actively worked in a luminous Impressionist style, creating more than 2,000 landscapes during his lifetime.

Albert Lebourg spent time in Rouen, Normandy, Algeria and The Netherlands.

Lebourg did not paint in Veules-les-Roses itself, instead painted nearby in Saint-Valery and Veulettes.

William Callow

Veules-les-Roses – The Artists – Callow, William

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 his 1 painting we found which me made outside of Veules-les-Roses in the town of Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

Theodore Earl Butler

Veules-les-Roses – The Artists – Butler, Theodore Earl

Theodore Earl Butler, (1861–1936) was an American impressionist painter. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Paris to study art. He befriended Claude Monet in Giverny, and married his stepdaughter, Suzanne Hoschedé. After her death he married her sister, Marthe Hoschede. Butler was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists.

Here are his works for Veules-les-Roses in Normandy.

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