Artist: Vollon, Antoine
Antoine Vollon (1833 – 1900) was a French realist artist, best known as a painter of still lifes, landscapes, and figures. During his lifetime, Vollon was a successful celebrity, enjoyed an excellent reputation, and was called a "painter's painter". In 2004, New York's then-PaceWildenstein gallery suggested that his "place in the history of French painting has still not been properly assessed".
Artist: Korovin, Konstantin
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (first name often spelled Constantin- 1861 – 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. Konstantin was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as "peasants of Vladimir Gubernia". His father, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, earned a university degree and was more interested in arts and music than in the family business established by Konstantin's grandfather. Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter. Konstantin's relative Illarion Pryanishnikov was also a prominent painter of the time and a teacher at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Artist: Guiaud, Jacques
Jacques Guiaud (1810 - 1876) was a French painter and engraver; known for landscapes, cityscapes, historical scenes and assorted watercolors.
Caen – The Artists – Guerard, Henri
Henri Charles Guerard (1846 - 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris. He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Manet. Not much else is known about this artist. Here is the one etching of his we found dealing with Caen, Normandy.
Le Havre – The Artists – Guerard, Henri
Henri Charles Guerard (1846 - 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris. He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Manet. Not much else is known about this artist. Here are his etchings he made of Le Havre, Normandy.
Artist: Smith, Matthew Arnold Bracy
Sir Matthew Smith, CBE (1879 – 1959) was a British painter of nudes, still-life and landscape. He studied design at the Manchester School of Art and art at the Slade School of Art. Smith studied under Henri Matisse in Paris and acquired an interest in Fauvism. During World War I, he was wounded at the Battle of Passchendaele. In 1949, Smith was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was knighted in 1954.
Artist: Jamieson, Alexander
Alexander Jamieson (1873 - 1937) was born in Glasgow and trained at the Haldane Academy (Glasgow School of Art) in the mid- 1890s. In 1898, he won a scholarship to study for a further year in Paris where, in the progressive atmosphere of contemporary French painting, his style began to develop a broad Impressionistic character.
Artist: Fergusson, John Duncan
John Duncan Fergusson (1874 – 1961) was a Scottish artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the major artists of the Scottish Colourists school of painting.
Le Havre – The Artists – Cameron, David Young
Sir David Young Cameron was a Scottish painter and etcher. Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as becoming well known as an etcher the artist also produced a great many oil paintings and watercolour sketches of landscapes and architectural subjects. Cameron's earliest known oil painting dates to 1883. To our knowledge, Cameron did not paint in Le Havre itself, but in 2 of its suburbs, Harfleur and Montivilliers. Here are his works of art.
Caudebec-en-Caux – The Artists – Cameron, David Young
Sir David Young Cameron was a Scottish painter and etcher. Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as becoming well known as an etcher the artist also produced a great many oil paintings and watercolour sketches of landscapes and architectural subjects. Cameron's earliest known oil painting dates to 1883. We found one of his paintings made in Caudebec-en-Caux, Normandy.
Caen – The Artists – Cameron, David Young
Sir David Young Cameron was a Scottish painter and etcher. Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. As well as becoming well known as an etcher the artist also produced a great many oil paintings and watercolour sketches of landscapes and architectural subjects. Cameron's earliest known oil painting dates to 1883. Here is the one painting of his we found dealing with the city of Caen, Normandy.
Le Havre – The Artists – Bruelle, Gaston
Gaston Bruelle (1849 - 1884) was a French painter of mostly marine paintings. Bruelle was a student of Jules Noel and exhibited in the "salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais" from 1869 to 1881. He also contributed to the weekly paper "Le Yacht" in 1993 with 8 paintings illustrating the regatas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville.
Artist: Bruelle, Gaston
Gaston Bruelle (1849 - 1884) was a French painter of mostly marine paintings. Bruelle was a student of Jules Noel and exhibited in the "salon de la Societe des Artistes Francais" from 1869 to 1881. He also contributed to the weekly paper "Le Yacht" in 1993 with 8 paintings illustrating the regatas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville.
Artist: Vernet, Claude-Joseph
Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714 – 1789) was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter.
Le Havre – The Artists – Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793 – 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfield. Until his death he contributed a long series of powerful and highly popular works to the Academy, both of marine subjects and landscapes from his travels at home and in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Ireland. Here is the one painting of his we found which he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
Artist: Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick
Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793 – 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfield. Until his death he contributed a long series of powerful and highly popular works to the Academy, both of marine subjects and landscapes from his travels at home and in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Ireland.
Artist: Smallwood, William Frome
William Frome Smallwood (1806 - 1834) was a British artist who made several paintings in France and the United Kingdom. However, almost nothing else is known about this artist.
Artist: Sickert, Walter Richard
Walter Richard Sickert RA RBA (1860 – 1942) was a British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid- and late 20th century. In the late 1880s he spent much of his time in France, especially in Dieppe, which he first visited in mid-1885, and where his mistress, and possibly his illegitimate son, lived.
Artist: Renoir, Pierre-Auguste
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau."
Artist: Prendergast, Maurice
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858 – 1924) was an American Post-Impressionist artist who worked in oil, watercolor, and monotype.
Artist: Norton, William Edward
William Edward Norton (1843 - 1912) was an American painter, born to a family of Bostonian shipbuilders. Norton became a noted marine painter, stirred by his youth when he sailed on family-owned ships. After his sea service as a young man, he enrolled at both Harvard Medical School and the Lowell Institute. At Lowell, Norton developed a strong interest in art and began studying with George Inness, whose own poetic style deeply influenced the young artist. He then established a studio in Boston.
Caen – The Artists – Montague, Alfred
Alfred Montague (1832 - 1883) was a British painter born in London. Not much, if anything, is known about this British artist. Here is the one painting of his we found dealing with Caen, Normandy.
Artist: Montague, Alfred
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