Louis Boudan

Dieppe – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

September 24, 2021 / ° Artists, Dieppe, Normandy, West

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

Louis Boudan
Louis Boudan

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Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignieres, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Boudan carried out commissions for de Gaignières for over 30 years. Most of his work for de Gaignieres was done between 1695 and 1715 when he, de Gaignieres and the latter’s secretary, Barthelemy Remy, toured France to carry out a survey of historical monuments.

Boudan’s work makes up the bulk of the Recueil de Gaignieres, a collection of engravings gathered by de Gaignieres over the course of his life. It was donated to Louis XIV and most of the folio plates created for de Gaignières by Boudan are today held by the Bibliotheque nationale de France.

Almost all of his drawings are of the castles and churches to be found in France towards the end of the 17th and beginning 18th century. Many of the historical monuments he painted can still be seen today.

Click here to read Louis Boudan’s bio on Wikipedia.

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1969 - Louis Boudan - View of the castle and the village of Charmeney in the thick of Caux, two leagues short of Dieppe belonging to Count Ausmonville
1696 – Louis Boudan – View of the castle and the village of Charmeney in the thick of Caux, two leagues short of Dieppe belonging to Count Ausmonville

NOTE: The village of Charmeney no longer exists. Caux is the name of the area between Le Havre, Yvetot and Dieppe; it is called the “Pays-de-Caux”.

1699 - Louis Boudan - View of the City, and of the Dieppe Castle. From the side of the bar door
1699 – Louis Boudan – View of the City, and of the Dieppe Castle. From the side of the bar door

TODAY: Almost most of the fortified walls are gone, as have the towers. Only the castle on the hill and one wall and tower remains.

Louis Boudan made drawings and paintings of the then historical monuments, mostly castles and churches/cathedrals/abbeys. Below is an non-exhaustive list of places he made his art (a link “⇠” to his artworks will appear here when published):

  • Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
    • Tournoel
  • Bourgogne-Franche-Comte
    • Montfaucon
  • Brittany
    • Hennebont
  • Centre-Val de Loire
    • Chinon
    • Plessis-lez-Tours
    • Rigny-Usse
  • Grand Est
    • Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval
  • Hauts-de-France
  • Normandy
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    • Bordeaux
    • Dissay
    • le Mirebalais
    • Limoges
    • Loudun
    • Poitiers
    • Saint Bonnet
  • Pays de la Loire

Dieppe in Normandy was a popular place for artists to come and apply their art. Here is a list, non exhaustive, of the artists that painted in Dieppe.

A link (“⇠”) to the artist’s works will appear when published (a “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Dieppe, instead worked in nearby villages):

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