This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who worked in Honfleur. 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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Frank Boggs (1855 – 1926) was an American (and later French) painter (he was born in the USA, but he died in France).
He studied art in Paris, and travelled between France (mostly Normandy), The Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.
He naturelized to French citizenship.
He is buried at the Paris-based Pere-Lachaise cemetery next to his artist son (Frank-Will Boggs).
Click here to read Boggs’ full bio (in French only) on Wikipedia.
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TODAY: The Lieutenancy building in Honfleur still exists today and is one of the most visible building in the city.



TODAY: There still is an active fishing fleet in Honfleur.

TODAY: Most of Honfleur’s city centre are still narrow streets lined with cobblestones.

TODAY: The painting was made with the Lieutenancy on the left, while the street that lies alongside the Old Port Basin (Bassin du Vieux Port), all along this road you will find only restaurants.


TODAY: The former port is now called the “Bassin du Vieux Port”, and is lined with restaurants and some shops.








TODAY: The Saint-Catherine square is still host of weekly market, centered around the Saint-Catherine church.




Here are the places in France that Boggs painted in (a link “⇠” to his works in these cities will appear below when that city is online):
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Azay-le-Rideau
- Chartres
- Dreux
- Tours
- Hauts-de-France
- Amiens
- Abbeville
- Noyon
- Normandy
- Bayeux (surrounding only) ⇠
- Caen (and surroundings)⇠
- Caudebec-en-Caux ⇠
- Cherbourg (surrounding only) ⇠
- Deauville ⇠
- Dieppe ⇠
- Fecamp ⇠
- Trouville-sur-Mer ⇠
- Veules-les-Roses (surrounding only) ⇠
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
Honfleur was (and is) a very picturesque town, so it saw many artists capturing the beauty of this very scenic town. The reason it has so many tourists is obvious…. it’s very pretty. Here are some of the artists that have come to apply their art in the town (a link, symbolized by a “⇠“, to the artist’s works will appear when published. A “*” indicates that the artist did not work directly in Honfleur but instead worked outside of Honfleur in a nearby town).
- 🇺🇸 Boggs, Frank Myers ⇠
- 🇷🇺 Bogolyubov, Alexey (Alexei) ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Bonington, Richard Parkes ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Braque, Georges ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Bruce, Mary Louisa, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Bruelle, Gaston ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Burel, Henry E. ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Burgess Jr, John ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Butler, Theodore Earl ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Callow, William ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Cooke, Edward William ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Courbet, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Cyr, Georges Albert ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Daubigny, Charles-Francois ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Rene ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Dibdin, Thomas Colman ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Dubourg, Louis-Alexandre ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Jean ⇠
- 🇮🇪 Dunlop, Ronald Ossory ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Friesz, Othon ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Garneray, Ambroise Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Gernez, Paul-Elie ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Goeneutte, Norbert ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Gudin, Theodore ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Guerard, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Hervier, Louis Adolphe ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Isabey, Eugene ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Kay, James ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Kickert, Conrad Theodore ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Le Gray, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Le Sidaner, Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Lebourg, Albert ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Lee-Hankey, William ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Leprince, Auguste-Xavier ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Luce, Maximilien ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Maclet, Elisee ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Madelain, Gustave ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Manzana-Pissarro, Georges Henri ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Marquet, Albert ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Mathon, Emile Louis ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Mozin, Charles Louis ⇠
- 🇺🇸 Norton, William Edward ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Parrott, William ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Pecrus, Charles Francois ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Petitjean, Edmond Marie ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Roullet, Gaston ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Schafer, Henry Thomas ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Seurat, Georges ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick ⇠
- 🇧🇪 Stevens, Alfred ⇠
- 🇳🇱 Ten Cate, Siebe Johannes ⇠
- 🇧🇪 Timmermans, Louis-Etienne ⇠
- 🇫🇷 Truffaut, Fernand-Fortune ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Turner, William ⇠
- 🇨🇭 Vallotton, Felix ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Wadsworth, Edward ⇠
- 🇬🇧 Webb, James ⇠
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