Henry Thomas Schafer

Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Schafer, Henry Thomas

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.

Henry Thomas Schafer
Henry Thomas Schafer

Henry Thomas Schafer (1854 – 1915), was a British painter who travelled extensively in Europe.

He was a British Victorian-era genre painter and sculptor, elected in 1889 to the Royal Society of British Artists.  He exhibited at the Royal Society, the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, and other galleries starting in 1873.  Several of his paintings have been widely reproduced and distributed in the form of posters.  

He painted in quite a few places in France.

Very little is known about this artist.

Here are his works he made in the town of Caudebec-en-Caux.

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1883 - Henry Thomas Schafer - Caudebec-sur-Seine
1883 – Henry Thomas Schafer – Caudebec-sur-Seine
1905 - Henry Thomas Schafer - Street sellers, Caudebec
1905 – Henry Thomas Schafer – Street sellers, Caudebec
???? - Henry Thomas Schafer - Caudebec-sur-Seine
???? – Henry Thomas Schafer – Caudebec-sur-Seine
???? - Henry Thomas Schafer - Caudebec-sur-Seine
???? – Henry Thomas Schafer – Caudebec-sur-Seine

Schafer painted several other places in France (see list below), which will be featured eventually on this site. A link “” to those cities 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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