Le Havre – The Artists – Boggs, Frank Myers
This page forms part of a series of pages dedicated to the many artists who painted in Le Havre. A full list of all the artists with a link to their works can be found at the bottom of this page.
Frank Boggs (1855 – 1926) was an American (and later French) painter (born in the USA, died in France). He studied art in Paris, and travelled between France (Normandy), The Netherlands, Italy and Belgium.
He naturelized to French citizenship. He is buried at the Père-Lachaise cemetery next to his artist son (Frank-Will Boggs) in Paris.
We apologize for the quality of several of the photos below since the original image was very small and we had to resize it.
NOTE: A blackbox like this one, means that there is an explanation text about today’s situation of the painting above it.
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TODAY: Le Havre, founded 500 years ago, is now France’s 2nd largest commercial harbour, and the biggest container ship harbour. It is also the world’s 50th biggest harbour.
Harfleur
Harfleur is a city very close to Le Havre and lies on the East of it.
Sainte-Adresse
The city of Sainte-Adresse lies against Le Havre, and shares the beach.
TODAY: The Sainte-Adresse beach is seamlessly connected to the le Havre one, and is seen as one.
Here are the places in France that Boggs painted in (a link to his works in these cities will appear when that city is online):
Here are the painters/artists who painted in Le Havre :
- 🇫🇷 Adam, Edouard Marie
- 🇷🇺 Beggrov, Alexander
- 🇫🇷Binet, George
- 🇺🇸 Boggs, Frank Myers
- 🇷🇺 Bogoliubo, Alexei
- 🇬🇧 Bonington, Richard Parkes
- 🇫🇷 Boudin, Eugene-Louis
- 🇬🇧 Callow, William
- 🇫🇷 Coignet, Jules
- 🇫🇷 Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille
- 🇬🇧 Cotman, John Sell
- 🇬🇧 Cooke, Edward William
- 🇫🇷 Crepin, Louis-Philippe
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Henri
- 🇫🇷 de Saint-Delis, Rene
- 🇫🇷 Dubourg, Louis-Alexandre
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Jean
- 🇫🇷 Dufy, Raoul
- 🇫🇷 Friesz, Othon
- 🇫🇷 Goeneutte, Norbert
- 🇷🇺 Gritsenko, Nikolai
- 🇫🇷 Gudin, Theodore
- 🇫🇷 Hervier, Louis
- 🇬🇧 Holland, James
- 🇫🇷 Huet, Paul
- 🇳🇱 Jongkind, Johan Barthold
- 🇬🇧 Kay, James
- 🇳🇱 Le Gray, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Lebourg, Albert
- 🇬🇧 Lee-Hankey, William
- 🇫🇷 Lepoittevin, Eugene
- 🇫🇷 Leprince, Auguste-Xavier
- 🇫🇷 Loir, Luigi
- 🇫🇷 Loiseau, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Luce, Maximilien
- 🇫🇷 Madelain, Gustave
- 🇫🇷 Marquet, Albert
- 🇫🇷 Maufra, Maxime
- 🇫🇷 Monet, Claude
- 🇨🇦 Morrice, James Wilson
- 🇫🇷 Mozin, Charles-Louis
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Alexandre Jean
- 🇫🇷 Noel, Jules Achille
- 🇸🇪 Osslund, Helmer
- 🇫🇷 Pecrus, Charles Francois
- 🇫🇷 Petitjean, Edmond Marie
- 🇩🇰 Pissarro, Camille
- 🇫🇷 Signac, Paul
- 🇧🇪 Stevens, Alfred Emile Leopold
- 🇳🇱 Ten Cate, Siebe Johannes
- 🇳🇴 Thaulow, Fritz
- 🇫🇷 Thornley, Georges William
- 🇬🇧 Turner, Joseph Mallord William
- 🇨🇭 Vallotton, Felix
- 🇬🇧 Wadsworth, Edward
Click here for a map listing all artists and where they painted in the Le Havre area.
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