Dieppe – The Artists – Gosse, Sylvia – Travel Information and Tips for France

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.

Movement(s): Female Artists

Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881 – 1968) was an English painter and printmaker. She ran an art school with the painter Walter Sickert.

Laura Sylvia Gosse, known as Sylvia, was the youngest of three children of Ellen (Epps) Gosse and the English poet and critic Sir Edmund Gosse. Her grandfather was the naturalist Philip Henry Gosse, and the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema was her uncle by marriage. Gosse got her art training first at the St. John’s Wood Art School and then at the Royal Academy of Art (1906–09).

In 1908, the artist Walter Sickert was impressed by her talent and decided she should learn etching. She enrolled in Sickert’s evening classes, first at the Westminster School of Art and then at a private art school he founded in the Hampstead Road. Gosse eventually took over responsibility for running this school, which became known as Rowlandson House (alternatively, the Sickert and Gosse School of Painting and Etching). She served as co-principal from 1910 until it closed in 1914 and taught some classes there as well. Gosse had an independent income, and without her financial support the school would have closed much sooner.

Eye cataracts put an end to her painting in 1961, and she died in 1968.

Click here to read Sylvia Gosse’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1912 - Sylvia Gosse - Old Casino, Dieppe — 1912 – Sylvia Gosse – Old Casino, Dieppe

TODAY: The “old” casino no longer exists and has been replaced by a modern one.

1919 - Sylvia Gosse - Dieppe, France — 1919 – Sylvia Gosse – Dieppe, France

1920 - Sylvia Gosse - Rue de la Boucherie, Dieppe — 1920 – Sylvia Gosse – Rue de la Boucherie, Dieppe

TODAY: The “Rue de la Boucherie” still exists and is still located next to the Saint-Jacques church.

1920 - Sylvia Gosse - Saint-Jacques Square — 1920 – Sylvia Gosse – Saint-Jacques Square

NOTE: The Place Saint-Jacques is the square where the Saint-Jacques church is located.

1925 - Sylvia Gosse - Castle, Dieppe — 1925 – Sylvia Gosse – Castle, Dieppe

TODAY: The Dieppe castle is still the most visible construction in Dieppe, since it’s located on top of a cliff overlooking the city.

1930 - Sylvia Gosse - Great pastry shop, Place Nationale, Dieppe, France — 1930 – Sylvia Gosse – Great pastry shop, Place Nationale, Dieppe, France

1930 - Sylvia Gosse - Rue Cousine, Dieppe, France — 1930 – Sylvia Gosse – Rue Cousine, Dieppe, France

1935 - Sylvia Gosse - Dieppe, la Place Nationale — 1935 – Sylvia Gosse – Dieppe, la Place Nationale

TODAY: The Place National still exists today, and is the place where the open air market is held.

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Dieppe, Mussels and fries — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Dieppe, Mussels and fries

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Dieppe, France — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Dieppe, France

???? - Sylvia Gosse - From the Garden, Morning, Dieppe — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – From the Garden, Morning, Dieppe

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Homeward Bound, la rue St-Remi, Dieppe, France — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Homeward Bound, la rue St-Remi, Dieppe, France

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Market in Dieppe — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Market in Dieppe

TODAY: The open-air market of Dieppe, held every Saturday morning, has been considered the best market of France in 2020.

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Rue de L'Oranger, Dieppe — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Rue de L’Oranger, Dieppe

TODAY: The Rue de L’Oranger still exists today, located next to the Saint-Jacques church.

???? - Sylvia Gosse - Shop in Dieppe — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – Shop in Dieppe

???? - Sylvia Gosse - St-Remy — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – St-Remy

???? - Sylvia Gosse - The Arcade, Dieppe — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – The Arcade, Dieppe

???? - Sylvia Gosse - The Castle, Dieppe, France — ???? – Sylvia Gosse – The Castle, Dieppe, France

Envermeu

Envermeu lies close to Dieppe on the East of the city.

1922 - Sylvia Gosse - Envermeu under Snow — 1922 – Sylvia Gosse – Envermeu under Snow

1922 - Sylvia Gosse - The Church at Envermeu at Night — 1922 – Sylvia Gosse – The Church at Envermeu at Night

Sylvia Gosse did not paint much outside the UK. She did paint in the following places in Normandy (a link “”⇠ below will follow to her works when published):

Normandy
- Dieppe (and surroundings) ⇠
  - Envermeu ⇠
- Eu
- Saint-Nicolas-d’Aliermont
Occitanie
- Rochefort-du-Gard
Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
- Aix-en-Provence

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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