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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Felix Edouard Vallotton (1865 – 1925) was a Swiss and French painter and printmaker associated with the group of artists known as Les Nabis. He was an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes, and other subjects in an unemotional, realistic style.
He developed a simpler style during his association with Les Nabis during the 1890s, and produced woodcuts which brought him international recognition. He was also active as a writer.
He published art criticism during the 1890s, and his novel La Vie meurtriere (The Murderous Life) was published posthumously.
Vallotton was born into a conservative middle-class family in Lausanne, the third of four children. His father owned a pharmacy, and later purchased a chocolate factory. His mother, Emma, was the daughter of a furniture craftsman. His family environment was warm but strict, in the Swiss Protestant tradition.
Click here to read Vallotton’s full bio on Wikipedia.
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TODAY: This is the main basin in Honfleur, known as the Old Basin ‘Le Vieux Bassin‘.
NOTE: This painting was made on the Cote de Grace, a few kilometers up from the centre of Honfleur.
Note: This painting was most probably made in Mont-Joli, the other side of the Cote de Grace.
NOTE: This is the Butin beach. On the other side of the water, you can see the city of Le Havre.
Valloton had a studio in Honfleur, so he painted quite a lot in Normandy. Here are the places he painted in France (links “⇠” to his works will follow below when published):
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comte (Burgundy)
- Avallon
- Brittany
- Dinan
- Locquirec
- Ploumanach
- Tregastel
- Normandy
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Beynac-et-Cazenac
- Vitrac
- Pays de la Loire
- Oudon
- Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur
- Cagnes
- Marseille
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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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