Dieppe – The Artists – Jamieson, Alexander – 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.

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Alexander Jamieson (1873 – 1937) was born in Glasgow and trained at the Haldane Academy (Glasgow School of Art) in the mid- 1890s. In 1898, he won a scholarship to study for a further year in Paris where, in the progressive atmosphere of contemporary French painting, his style began to develop a broad Impressionistic character.

He met many of the Impressionist painters and was introduced to their techniques of painting in oils “au premier coup” and “wet-in-wet”, where the next layer is applied before the first has dried and he used this to good effect; many of his paintings achieved a characteristic glossiness.

Jamieson was much taken with France and Paris in particular. While in Paris he met the painter Gertrude (Biddy) Macdonald, two years his senior; she was born and studied in England, but had moved to Paris to continue her studies. They married in 1907 and settled in a studio in the Cromwell Road, South Kensington.

He enlisted in Kitchener’s “New Army” as a volunteer in 1914 and in 1915 was commissioned into the 10th Bn York & Lancs Regiment. He served throughout the Great War, taking part in the bloody battles of Loos, the Somme and Arras from 1915-18. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in January 1918 and was demobilised in 1919, at the age of 45.

After the war, he settled with Biddy in the village of Weston Turville in the Vale of Aylesbury, a mere couple of miles from his old camp in Halton. He continued to paint and exhibit while living there, enjoying considerable acclaim for much of his work.

But the Great War had taken its toll of him and he died aged 63, in London on 2 May 1937 and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Weston Turville. Biddy Jamieson survived him, dying aged 80 in 1952 and is buried in the same grave.

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1900 - Jamieson Alexander - Scottish Sketch, Dieppe — 1900 – Jamieson Alexander – Scottish Sketch, Dieppe

1904 - Jamieson Alexander - Dieppe Cliffs, France — 1904 – Jamieson Alexander – Dieppe Cliffs, France

1905 - Jamieson Alexander - The Place Nationale at Dieppe — 1905 – Jamieson Alexander – The Place Nationale at Dieppe

TODAY: The Place Nationale is a major square in Dieppe where you will find the open air market and the Abraham Duquesne statue.

1929 - Jamieson Alexander - Dieppe Harbour — 1929 – Jamieson Alexander – Dieppe Harbour

TODAY: The church (Eglise Notre-Dame de Bonsecours de Dieppe) you see on the top of the cliffs still exists today and can be visited.

???? - Jamieson Alexander - Dieppe Harbour — ???? – Jamieson Alexander – Dieppe Harbour

???? - Jamieson Alexander - Dieppe — ???? – Jamieson Alexander – Dieppe

???? - Jamieson Alexander - View of Dieppe — ???? – Jamieson Alexander – View of Dieppe

TODAY: The houses and general harbour area you see in the painting is now full of restaurants and bars.

Martin-Eglise

Martin-Eglise is a small village located to the East of Dieppe.

Jamieson painted quite a lot in France (and other European countries). In France he painted in these places (a link “⇠” to his works will appear for each place when published):

Brittany
- Quimperie
Centre-Val de Loire
- Amboise
- Blois
- Tours
Hauts-de-France
- St Valery Sur Somme
Normandy
- Dieppe (and surroundings) ⇠
  - Martin-Eglise ⇠
- Pont-de-l’Arche
- Vernon

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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Martin-Eglise

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