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.
Movement(s): Impressionism
Rene de Saint-Delis, 1876 – 1958, was a French painter influenced by the Impressionist movement. He was born in the North of France (Pas-de-Calais) and died in Etretat, Normandy.
His father, an army officer, died in 1881 causing his mother to move to Le Havre with her four children. One of his young brothers, Henri de Saint-Delis, also became an artist-painter.
At his high school in Le Havre, his best friend was the now famous painter Othon Friesz. Attending subsequent art schools, he friended the other famous Le Havre painter, Raoul Dufy.
During WWI he was stationed in Etretat as bookkeeper for the hospital where he met his wife, a nurse. He married her and stayed in Etretat.
He travelled a lot to Switzerland to visit his sick brother who was diagnosed with tuberculosis. There, he painted several Swiss landscapes together with his brother.
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NOTE: Etretat does not have an harbor but has fishing boats. They are dragged onto the beach when not in use.
NOTE: The Porte d’Amont is a sea arch that lies to the right of the beach of Etretat.
TODAY: The Porte d’Aval is the most visible of three sea arches at Etretat. It lies to the left of the Etretat beach.
NOTE: A caloge is a former fishing boat, covered with a roof, used to keep fishing materials dry.
Rene de Saint-Delis painted mostly in Normandy. These are the places where he painted (a link “⇠” to his works will appear below when published):
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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