Auguste Xavier Leprince

Honfleur – The Artists – Leprince, Auguste-Xavier

September 23, 2022 / ° Artists, Honfleur, Normandy, West

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.

Auguste Xavier Leprince
Auguste Xavier Leprince

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Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799 – 1826) 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.

The landscape painter Eugene Lepoittevin was one of his students.

Click here to read Leprince’s full bio on Wikipedia.

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1823 - Auguste Xavier Leprince - Cow, dog, sheep and donkey loading cattle on the 'Passenger' in the port of Honfleur
1823 – Auguste Xavier Leprince – Cow, dog, sheep and donkey loading cattle on the ‘Passenger’ in the port of Honfleur

TODAY: The building on the left is the “Lieutenancy” building. The Lieutenance (Harbor Master) still exists today. The building of this fortified structure started in the 14th century.

1823 - Auguste Xavier Leprince - Loading cattle on the 'Passenger' in the port of Honfleur
1823 – Auguste Xavier Leprince – Loading cattle on the ‘Passenger’ in the port of Honfleur
1823 - Auguste Xavier Leprince - Loading cattle on the 'Passenger' in the port of Honfleur
1823 – Auguste Xavier Leprince – Loading cattle on the ‘Passenger’ in the port of Honfleur
???? - Auguste Xavier Leprince - The Port of Honfleur
???? – Auguste Xavier Leprince – The Port of Honfleur

Leprince painted in the following places in France (a link “⇠” to those cities will appear below when published):

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).

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Today: The other side of the Lieutenancy
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