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): Photography
Emile-Andre Letellier (1833 – 1893) was a French photographer who worked almost exclusively in Normandy, France.
He became the Director of the monthly “Union photographique de France” magazine which was based in Le Havre, Normandy.
Composed of five volumes (one per department), “La Normandie monumentale et picturesque” is the fruit of the association between the publisher Alexis-Guislain Lemale and Emile Letellier. The first volume, corresponding to the Seine Inferieure, is the only one illustrated with Letellier’s photographs, because he died two years after the start of their collaboration.
Not much else is known about this artist.
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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: This is the other side of the Porte d’Aval sea arch.
Saint-Jouin-Bruneval
The village of Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (population: 1,900) lies to the South of Etretat along the coast. It is also an extension of the Le Havre harbour used exclusively by enormous oil tankers.
NOTE: Today the castle still exists but has been divided into apartments. Click here to read more about it and see more photos on our site.
Le Tilleul
The village of Le Tilleul (population: 700) lies against Etretat on its South/East.
TODAY: This 14th century castle can still be seen (from outside) when driving from Le Havre to Etretat. It’s in private hands.
Letellier applied his photographic art mostly in the Normandy region. Here are all the places he photographed (a link “⇠” to his works will appear when published):
- Normandy
- Argueil
- Bayeux ⇠
- Caen (and surroundings) ⇠
- Creully ⇠
- Caudebec-en-Caux (and surroundings) ⇠
- Coutances
- Dieppe (and surroundings) ⇠
- Etretat (and surroundings) ⇠
- Evreux (and surroundings)
- Mesnil-en-Ouche
- Eu
- Falaise
- Fecamp (and surroundings) ⇠
- Imbleville
- Le Havre (and surroundings) ⇠
- Le Mesnil-Lieubray
- Le Treport
- Les Andelys
- Lisieux ⇠
- Mont Saint-Michel
- Neuchatel-en-Bray (and surroundings) ⇠
- Rouen
- Trouville-sur-Mer ⇠
- Val-de-Scie
- Occitania
- Argues
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 ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maze, Paul ⇠
- 🇬🇧 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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