Henry Thomas Schafer

Honfleur – The Artists – Schafer, Henry Thomas

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.

Henry Thomas Schafer
Henry Thomas Schafer

Henry Thomas Schafer (1854 – 1915), was a British painter who travelled extensively in Europe.

He was a British Victorian-era genre painter and sculptor, elected in 1889 to the Royal Society of British Artists.  He exhibited at the Royal Society, the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, and other galleries starting in 1873.  Several of his paintings have been widely reproduced and distributed in the form of posters.  

He painted in quite a few places in France.

Very little is known about this artist.

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1890 - Henry Thomas Schafer - Honfleur
1890 – Henry Thomas Schafer – Honfleur
???? - Henry Thomas Schafer - Honfleur, Normandy
???? – Henry Thomas Schafer – Honfleur, Normandy

Schafer painted several other places in France (see list below), which will be featured eventually on this site. 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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