Frank Myers Boggs

Cherbourg – The Artists – Boggs, Frank Myers

May 19, 2022 / ° Artists, Cherbourg, Normandy, West

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

Frank Boggs
Frank Boggs

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Frank Boggs (1855 – 1926) was an American (and later French) painter (he was born in the USA, but he died in France).

He studied art in Paris, and travelled between France (mostly Normandy), The Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.

He naturelized to French citizenship.

He is buried at the Paris-based Pere-Lachaise cemetery next to his artist son (Frank-Will Boggs).

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

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NOTE: To our knowledge, Boggs did not work in Cherbourg itself, but instead worked in nearby Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

The village of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (population: 1,800) lies to the East of Cherbourg along the coast.

1882 - Frank Myers Boggs - Harbor at St.-Vaast
1882 – Frank Myers Boggs – Harbor at St.-Vaast

Here are the places in France that Boggs painted in (a link “⇠” to his works in these cities will appear below when that city is online):

Here are the artists we found who worked in Cherbourg. A link “⇠” will show when that artist’s works has been published on our site. A “*” indicates that the artist did not work in Cherbourg itself, instead worked in nearby places.

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