Le Havre – The Artists – Callow, William
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.
William Callow (1812–1908) was an English landscape painter, engraver and water colourist. He was apprenticed to the artist Copley Fielding, where he learnt the technique of plein air sketching. He went on to study under Theodore and Thales Fielding, where he learnt to colour prints and make aquatints, and was taught watercolor painting between 1825-1827.
In 1829 Thales Fielding found him work as an engraver in Paris, where he worked alongside his friend Charles Bentley. While in the French capital he was encouraged by Thomas Shotter Boys to take up watercolours again.
He travelled extensively in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy, had a large number of pupils, and enjoyed favour with the royal family.
Click here to read Callow’s full bio on Wikipedia.
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TODAY: The fortified wall/tower you see above and below no longer exists.
Lillebonne
Lillebonne lies close to Le Havre and forms part of the community.
TODAY: There are still a few towers left in Lillebonne, most of them in ruins. This might be the one he painted.
William Callow painted several other places in France, see the list below (a link to his works will appear here when published):
Here are the painters/artists who painted in LeHavre:
- 🇫🇷 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
- 🇳🇱 Dommersen, William
- 🇫🇷 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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