This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Etretat. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.
NOTE: To our knowledge, Boudan did not work in Etretat itself, but instead worked in nearby Criquetot-l’Esneval.

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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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Criquetot-l’Esneval
Criquetot-l’Esneval is a small town (population: 2,500) which lies inland (East) of Etretat.


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
- Bayeux (surrounding only)
- Balleroy-sur-Drome
- Caen (and surroundings ) ⇠
- Caudebec-en-Caux (and surroundings) ⇠
- Mesnil-Panneville ⇠
- Jumieges
- Etretat (surrounding only) ⇠
- Dieppe ⇠
- Eu
- Evreux
- Fecamp (surroundings)
- Forges-les-Eaux (and surroundings)
- Beaubec-la-Rosiere
- Rouen (and surroundings)
- Blainville-Crevon
- Charleval
- Ecouis
- Pont-de-l’Arche
- Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
- Villers-Ecalles
- Saint-Sever-Calvados
- Vire
- Yvetot (and surroundings)
- Ouville L’Abbaye
- Bayeux (surrounding only)
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Bordeaux
- Dissay
- le Mirebalais
- Limoges
- Loudun
- Poitiers
- Saint Bonnet
- Pays de la Loire
- Beaupreau
- Mayenne
- Nantes
Etretat is the second most popular and visited place in Normandy (the first being Mont Saint-Michel). And since it was popular, many artists came here to be inspired by its nature and scenic environments. Here is a list of artists who worked in Etretat (a link “⇠” to their work will appear when published).
- 🇷🇺 Bogolyubov, Alexey (Alexei) ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudan, Louis *⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Braque, Georges ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Burel, Henry E. ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Butler, Theodore Earl ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Caillebotte, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Courbet, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Daubigny, Charles-Francois ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Rene ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Friesz, Othon ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Garneray, Ambroise Louis
- 🇫🇷 Gudin, Theodore
- 🇫🇷 Hoguet, Charles
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul
- 🇺🇸 Inness, George
- 🇫🇷 Isabey, Eugene
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan
- 🇬🇧 Kay, James
- 🇫🇷 Kuwasseg, Charles Euphrasie
- 🇫🇷 Lebasque, Henri
- 🇫🇷 Lebourg, Albert
- 🇬🇧 Leitch, Richard Principal
- 🇫🇷 Lepoittevin, Eugene
- 🇫🇷 Letellier, Emile-Andre
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Matisse, Henri
- 🇫🇷 Maufra, Maxime
- 🇬🇧 Meadows, Arthur Joseph
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Alexandre Jean
- 🇷🇺 Polenov, Vasily
- 🇫🇷 Roullet, Gaston
- 🇫🇷 Schuffenecker, Claude-Emile
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul
- 🇨🇭 Vallotton, Felix
- 🇫🇷 Vollon, Antoine
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