Jules Achille Noel, born Louis Assez Noel (1815-1881) was a French landscape and maritime painter who worked primarily in Brittany and Normandy.
His style was compared to Eugene Isabey and he won the praise of Baudelaire.
Here is 1 painting of his we found for Trouville, Normandy.
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- 2021/03/17 Published: Artist: Conder, Charles
- 2021/03/17 Published: Artist: Chapman, Conrad Wise
- 2021/03/16 Published: Artist: Cameron, David Young
- 2021/03/15 Published: Artist: Butler, Theodore Earl
- 2021/03/13 Published: Artist: Blanche, Jacques-Emile
- 2021/02/17 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Valtat, Louis
- 2021/02/16 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Vallotton, Felix
- 2021/02/15 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Truffaut, Fernand-Fortune
- 2021/02/12 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Stevens, Alfred
- 2021/02/11 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Lebasque, Henri
- 2021/02/10 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Dufy, Raoul
- 2021/02/09 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Courbet, Gustave
- 2021/02/08 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Chapuis, Pierre
- 2021/02/05 Published: Deauville – The Artists – Boudin, Eugene-Louis
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Charles-Louis Mozin (1806 - 1862) was born into a family of musicians, Charles-Louis Mozin studied with Xavier Leprince. Primarily a painter and lithographer of coastal landscapes, harbour views and seascapes, he exhibited at the Salons in Paris between 1824 and 1861.
Along with Eugene Isabey and Richard Parkes Bonington, Mozin was one of the first artists to paint landscapes depicting the beach and fishing port of Trouville in Normandy, which he discovered around 1825, and where he settled in 1839.
He also travelled in Germany and Holland, where he frequently exhibited his work between 1840 and 1850. Landscape paintings by Mozin are today in the museums of Amiens, Honfleur, Rouen, Toulon, Trouville, Versailles, and elsewhere, while a number of views of Paris are in the Musee Carnavalet in Paris.
Here are some paintings of his we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
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.
Here are his paintings which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Luigi Loir, a French painter and lithographer, born in Austria. He amongst other illustrated one of Jules Verne's book.
Here are 2 of his paintings he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy we found;
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.
Here is one he made in Trouville-sur-Mer which we found.
Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine was a French painter who specialized in landscapes, especially views of the Seine. He was born in Caen, Normandy.
Here is one of his paintings we fond which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
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. 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. Here is 1 painting of his for Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism.
Here is 1 painting which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Paul Huet was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington's example influenced Huet to reject neoclassicism and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature.
Huet's works, which include oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs, are Romantic in feeling. Here are his works for Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Adolphe Hervier, in full: Louis-Henri-Victor-Jules-François-Adolphe Hervier was a French painter and engraver, known for his rural genre scenes. Over his lifetime, his style changed from a strict Romanticism to an early type of Impressionism. He was the son of a painter.Despite being Parisian, his favorite painting locations were in Normandy; including Honfleur, Le Havre, Rouen and Granville.
Here is one of his paintings he made in Trouville-sur-Mer which we found.
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 Monet.
Not much else is known about this artist. He did not paint in Trouville-sur-Mer itself, instead he worked in nearby Villerville, Normandy.
Paul-Elie Gernez born in Onnaing on January 27, 1888 and died in Honfleur on September 6, 1948 is a French painter, watercolourist, engraver and illustrator.
Here are his paintings which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Raoul Dufy (1877 - 1953) was a French painter in the Fauvism, Impressionism, Modernism and Cubism movements. He was born in Le Havre where he studied arts in the local school. He (and his younger brother Jean Dufy) both painted a lot in Normandy.
He went to school in Le Havre and there became a longlife friend of fellow artist Othon Friesz. Here are his paintings he made in Trouville-sur-Mer and Villerville, a village close-by.
Louis-Alexandre Dubourg is a French painter, born and died in Honfleur. He worked as a commercial agent, painting as a serious hobby. It was only after meeting with a professional artist that he decided to paint for a living.
He mostly painted cities in Normandy. Here are his paintings he made in Trouville-sur-Mer.
Charles-Francois Daubigny, French, was one of the painters of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism. He was also a prolific printmaker, mostly in etching but also as one of the main artists to use the cliche verre technique.
Initially Daubigny painted in a traditional style, but this changed after 1843 when he settled in Barbizon to work outside in nature.
Here are his paintings of Trouville-sur-Mer and surrounding Villerville, Normandy.
Jean Desire Gustave Courbet (1819 – 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting. Committed to painting only what he could see, he rejected academic convention and the Romanticism of the previous generation of visual artists. Courbet, a socialist, was active in the political developments of France. He was imprisoned for six months in 1871 for his involvement with the Paris Commune, and lived in exile in Switzerland from 1873 until his death.
Here are some of his paintings he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Etienne Eugene Ciceri (1813 - 1890) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver and theatrical designer.
He came from an artistic family. His father was the scenographer, Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri. He was also the grandson of the painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey, and his mother's brother was the painter Eugene Isabey.
Here is 1 painting we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Pierre Chapuis was a French painter who was also known for his theatre decors and his water paintings of Deauville and Trouville. Not much else is known about this artist.
Here are his works for Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Conrad Wise Chapman (1842 – 1910) was an American painter who served in the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1865. Conrad Wise Chapman was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Europe where his father, John Gadsby Chapman, was working as an artist.
After the end of the American Civil War, unable to reconcile to the Confederacy's loss, Chapman traveled to Mexico where he painted a series of views of the Valley of Mexico. He also spent time in France and England.
Here are his paintings we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Gustave Caillebotte (1848 – 1894) was a French painter who was a member and patron of the Impressionists, although he painted in a more realistic manner than many others in the group. Caillebotte was known for his early interest in photography as an art form.
Caillebotte earned a law degree in 1868 and a license to practice law in 1870, and he also was an engineer. Shortly after his education, he was drafted to fight in the Franco-Prussian war, and served from July 1870 to March 1871 in the Garde Nationale Mobile de la Seine.
Here are his paintings for Trouville-sur-Mer and surrounding, Normandy.
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 1893 with 8 paintings illustrating the regatas in Argenteuil, Rouen, Le Havre and Trouville.
Here are 2 paintings of his we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Thomas Boys was born at London. He was articled to the engraver George Cooke. When his apprenticeship came to an end he went to Paris where he met and came under the influence of Richard Parkes Bonington, who persuaded him to abandon engraving for painting.
Here is 1 painting we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Eugene Boudin is a real Normandy based artist, born and died in Normandy. He was an Impressionist painter and a close friend of Claude Monet.
He was the son of a harbour pilot who later went on and set up a picture framing and stationery shop. His son took to the business and later set up his own shop, putting him in contact with many artists. At the age of 22 he started painting.
Here are 37 of his paintings for Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
Richard Parkes Bonington, a British artist who spent most of his life in France, died early (age 25), but managed to paint many paintings. His Romanticism Landscape style made him a popular painter in his generation.
Here are some painting of his we found which he made in Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy.
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My name is Mike Werner, Dutch, lived in 22 countries and finally settled with my Irish wife in France.
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