Artist: Turner, William
Joseph Mallord William Turner, known contemporarily as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He spent a lot of time painting in Normandy.
Artist: Thaulow, Fritz
Frits Thaulow was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
Artist: Stevens, Alfred
Alfred Emile Leopold Stevens was a Belgian painter, known for his paintings of elegant modern women.
Artist: Stanfield, George Clarkson
George Clarkson Stanfield was an English painter. Stanfield was born in London, the second son from the second marriage of his painter father Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. He received his artistic training largely from his father, and painted the same class of subjects including landscape art and marine art. He attended the Royal Academy Schools, but was not formally enrolled. He is best known for his topographical views painted during his visits to the Rhine Valley, the Moselle, Switzerland, and the Italian lakes. He did not paint much in Normandy.
Artist: Signac, Paul
Paul Victor Jules Signac was a French Neo-Impressionist painter who, working with Georges Seurat, helped develop the Pointillist style. He started training as an architect but quickly decided he wanted to be an artist.
Artist: Schafer, Henry Thomas
Henry Thomas Schafer, aka Henry Thomas Schäfer, was a British painter who travelled extensively in Europe. But very little is known about this artist. He painted in quite a few places in Normandy.
Artist: Rushout, Anne
One of the very few female artists we've been able to find that painted in Normandy. Anne Rushout is British and was a Lady. Not much else is known about her.
Artist: Roberts, David
David Roberts was a Scottish painter. He started as a decorator and house painter, but got an interest in paintings. He travelled extensively in the Middle East, and to reach the Middle East he travelled through France.
Artist: Prout, Samuel
Samuel Prout was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. To earn a living, he painted marine pieces for Palser the printseller, took students, and published drawing books for learners. He was one of the first to use lithography. He established his reputation with street scenes. At the time of his death there was hardly a place in France, Germany, Italy (especially Venice) or the Netherlands where his face had not been seen searching for antique gables and sculptured pieces of stone.
Artist: Poynter, Ambrose
Ambrose Poynter was an English architect and one of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects in 1834. Poynter lived in Paris between 1830 and 1832, where Lavinia Forster (his mother-in-law from 1832) provided a social centre for artists. He became friends with many artists and painted several places in Normandy.
Artist: Pissarro, Camille
Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy
Artist: Pecrus, Charles Francois
Charles Pecrus was born in the Centre of France (Limoges) but was quickly discovered and moved to Paris to study art. Napoleon III even bought one of his paintings.
Artist: Monet, Claude
Claude Monet is without any doubt the most famous impressionist painter. He started the movement, and he was the master of it. Although he was born in Paris, France (and died in Giverny, Normandy, France), his heart was Normandy, particularly the Normandy coastline. His family moved to Le Havre in 1845 where his father wanted him to join the family ship-chandling business, but instead he decided to become an artist.
Artist: Marquet, Albert
Albert Marquet was a French painter, associated with the Fauvist movement. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet subsequently painted in a more naturalistic style, primarily landscapes, but also several portraits and, between 1910 and 1914, several female nude paintings. He painted many paintings throughout Europe, including many of the Normandy coast.
Artist: Loiseau, Gustave
Gustave Loiseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter, remembered above all for his landscapes and scenes of Paris streets. However he did paint a lot in Normandy,
Artist: Loir, Luigi
Luigi Loir, a French painter and lithographer, born in Austria. He amongst other illustrated one of Jules Verne's book.
Artist: Leprince, Auguste-Xavier
Auguste-Xavier Leprince was a French painter, drawer and engraver, best known for his paintings of agrarian scenes. His father, Anne Pierre Leprince, was a painter and a lithographer. His brothers, Leopold Leprince and Gustave Leprince, were also painters. He painted Parisian street scenes and landscapes. He also did paintings depicting the farming life in rural France. For example, his 1822 painting La moisson showed labourers harvesting a field. His 1823 painting, Embarquement des bestiaux sur le Passager dans le port de Honfleur (Embarkation of Cattle on the Passager at the Port of Honfleur), became emblematic of the cattle paintings of that era. It once belonged to Charles X and is currently in the Louvre.
Artist: Lepoittevin, Eugene
Eugène Lepoittevin was a French landscape painter, lithographer and caricaturist. He was appointed as Peintre de la Marine for the French Ministry of Defence in 1849. His work is exhibited in many museums in France and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Artist: Lepine, Stanislas
Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine was a French painter who specialized in landscapes, especially views of the Seine. He was born in Caen, Normandy.
Le Havre – The Artists – Thornley, Georges William
Georges William Thornley (1857 – 1935) was a French painter and printmaker. He was the son of a Welsh immigrant Morgan Thornley. He travelled a lot in Normandy and Brittany. He was also know for making lithographs for his fellow artist friends like Claude Monet, Pissarro etc. We found only one of his paintings of Le Havre.
Artist: Thornley, Georges William
Georges William Thornley (1857 – 1935) was a French painter and printmaker. He was the son of a Welsh immigrant Morgan Thornley. He travelled a lot in Normandy and Brittany. He was also know for making lithographs for his fellow artist friends like Claude Monet, Pissarro etc.
Artist: Lebourg, Albert
Albert Lebourg (1849 – 1928), birth name Albert-Marie Lebourg, also called Albert-Charles Lebourg and Charles Albert Lebourg, was a French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School (l'Ecole de Rouen). Member of the Societe des Artistes Francais, he actively worked in a luminous Impressionist style, creating more than 2,000 landscapes during his lifetime. Albert Lebourg spent time in Rouen, Normandy, Algeria and The Netherlands.Recent Posts
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