This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Fecamp. 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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Francois Gabriel Theodore Basset de Jolimont (1787 – 1854) was a French artist, lithographer, painter and antiquary. de Jolimont was born at Martainville, not far from Rouen, on 8 February 1787, son of an advocate at the Norman parliament. He became interested in drawing at an early age. When his father died the family fortune was swallowed up by legal fees, and he had to live by his work as an artist. de Joliment acquired considerable talent in painting with gouache and watercolor, and used this skill in reproducing and restoring ancient illustrated manuscripts. He became a writer on art, water-colorist and paleographer. He became director of the Gymnase central de Paris.
He had a love of the ancient monuments of France, which he wished to preserve for ever. He created a great number of illustrations of buildings in Paris, Rouen, Moulins and Dijon, and as both artist and author published a number of illustrated works on the monuments in different cities.
King Louis-Philippe awarded him a gold medal for his 1845 book on the main buildings in Rouen of the year 1525.
Despite his talent and the volume of his work, de Jolimont always struggled with poor fortune. He died in Dijon on 27 October 1854.
Click here to read de Jolimont’s full bio on Wikipedia.
NOTE: De Jolimont did not paint to our knowledge any paintings in the city of Fecamp, but he did make a few in Fecamp’s surroundings. Here they are.
NOTE: The drawings/paintings that De Jolimont made are identical to those made by Louis Boudan (click here to see them) who lived in the same time frame. We have not been able to find the reason behind this.
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Angerville-Bailleul
The village of Angerville-Bailleul (population: 195) lies inland to the South/East of Fecamp.
Valmont
The village of Valmont (population: 856) lies in the Valmont river valley to the East of Fecamp. It is home to a very big castle and a Benedictine Abbey.
TODAY: The Benedictine Abbey still exists today, and at times can be visited.
TODAY: The Castle of Valmont still exists today, but it is in private hands and can not be visited.
de Jolimont applied his arts all over France. He loved old monuments and buildings, and made many drawings of them. Here are the places he painted in (a link “⇠” to his works will appear here when published):
- Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (Burgundy)
- Sens
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Bourges
- Chartres
- Normandy
- Caen (and surroundings) ⇠
- Charmenay
- Dieppe (and surroundings) ⇠
- Eu
- Fecamp (surroundings ONLY) ⇠
- Forges-les-Eaux (and surroundings)
- Beaubec-la-Rosiere
- Le Thil-Riberpre
- Les Yveteaux
- Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
- Ouville-l’Abbaye
- Rouen (and surroundings)
- Canteleu
- Jumieges
- Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville
- Villers-Ecalles
Fecamp is a picturesque fishing town which made for a great backdrop for many artist. Here are all the artists who applied their arts in the town and its surroundings (a link “⇠” will appear when we have published an article on this artist’s works in Fecamp):
NOTE: a “*” besides the artist’s name indicates that the artist did NOT work directly in Fecamp, instead worked in Fecamp’s surroundings only.
- 🇺🇸 Boggs, Frank Myers ⇠
- 🇷🇺 Bogolyubov, Alexey (Alexei) ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudan, Louis * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Bourgeois, Constant ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Burel, Henry E. ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Butler, Theodore Earl ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Callow, William ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Conder, Charles * ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Cooke, Edward William ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Cotman, John Sell ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Cyr, Georges Albert ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Jolimont, Theodore Basset * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Raoul ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Garneray, Ambroise Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Gernez, Paul-Elie ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Kickert, Conrad Theodore ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Kuwasseg, Charles Euphrasie ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Letellier, Emile-Andre ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maclet, Elisee ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Marquet, Albert ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maufra, Maxime * ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Meadows, Arthur Joseph ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Michallon, Achille-Etna ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Morisot, Berthe ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Jules Achille
- 🇫🇷 Pecrus, Charles Francois ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Pissarro, Camille * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Renoir, Pierre-Auguste * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Roullet, Gaston ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Schafer, Henry Thomas ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Schuffenecker, Claude-Emile * ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul
- 🇬🇧 Smallwood, William Frome ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick ⇠
- 🇧🇪 Timmermans, Louis-Etienne ⇠
- 🇩🇪 Weber, Theodore Alexander ⇠
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