George Binet

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Binet, George

This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Caudebec-en-Caux. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.

NOTE: Caudebec-en-Caux has recently merged (2016) with other towns nearby and is now called “Rives-en-Seine“. However, since the artists called the town by its original name in their paintings, we will continue to refer to the place by its old name.

George Binet
George Binet

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Georges Binet was born 1865 in Le Havre (and died 1949 in Toulon). He is a French painter known mostly for his Normandy paintings of daily life, including beaches and river scenes.

The notoriety of Georges Binet was built around his work as a landscaper. An artist from Normandy, he depicts the bustling banks of the Seine at the start of the 20th century.

Born in Le Havre, Georges Binet first took painting lessons with Charles Lhullier from Le Havre, then moved to Paris where he frequented the workshops of Louis-Joseph-Raphael Collin and Fernand Cormon.

After this academic training, the painter turned to the manner of the Impressionists. Eugene Boudin, Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet particularly influenced him in the transcription of the fleeting aspects of the Seine estuary.

Click here to read his full bio (in French only) on Wikipedia.

Here are several of his painting he made in the scenic town located against the Seine river.

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???? - George Binet - Loop of the Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux
???? – George Binet – Loop of the Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux

TODAY: The Seine river plays an import tourist and economic part in the life of Caudebec. Many river cruise boats stop here, and they have a commercial harbour on the East of the town.

???? - George Binet - Market at Caudebec
???? – George Binet – Market at Caudebec

TODAY: There still is a weekly market (Saturday morning), held next to the Caudebec church. The church is the centre point of the town.

???? - George Binet - The Place de Halles at Caudebec
???? – George Binet – The Place de Halles at Caudebec
???? - George Binet - The Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux
???? – George Binet – The Seine at Caudebec-en-Caux

TODAY: This was made on the other side of the Seine river. You can see the ferry (called a “bac”), which still exists but moved a bit further, replaced by the Bretonne Bridge.

???? - George Binet - The Seine at Caudebec
???? – George Binet – The Seine at Caudebec
???? - George Binet - The Seine at Caudebec
???? – George Binet – The Seine at Caudebec

George Binet painted in several places in Normandy. A list of them can be seen below. A link “” to his works will appear below when published.

Artists featured here who painted in Caudebec-en-Caux (but not limited to) are (names marked with a “*” indicates that the artist did NOT work directly in Caudebec, instead worked in villages nearby):

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