Le Havre – The Artists – de Saint-Delis, Henri – Travel Information and Tips for France

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.

Henri de Saint-Delis (Marie Isidore Henri Lienard de Saint-Delis) was born in 1878 and died in 1949 in Honfleur.

He was born in the North of France, but as the death of his father, the family moved to Le Havre in 1882. In Le Havre he went to school, and became good friends with now famous artists like Othon Friez, Raoul Dufy, and others. His older brother and artist, Rene, also attended the same schools.

He decided to move to Paris with his artist friends to attend the Academy of arts, but tuberculose prevented him from finishing. He moved to Switzerland because of his illness and spent time there making paintings of the mountains.

In 1920 he moved back to Normandy, and while earning a modest income from teaching, he continued painting.

Henri never sold any of his paintings! He kept them for himself and his artist friends (Othon Friesz had stated that he was the best artist of them all). The public only discovered his works of art in 1954 during an exposition.

He died in Honfleur, where the Eugene Boudin museum has a permanent exposition of his and his brother’s works.

NOTE: A blackbox like this one, means that there is an explanation text about today’s situation of the painting above it.
NOTE: Click on this photo icon anywhere below a painting to see a photo of what the area looks like today.

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TODAY: The Bassin du Roy (the King’s basin) still exists and is used for the small coastal fishing boats fleet. The “Amsterdam Bar” was previously known as “Café du Vieux Havre“. The building itself was demolished in 1938.

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???? Henri de Saint-Delis - Storm at Le Havre — ???? Henri de Saint-Delis – Storm at Le Havre

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TODAY: The harbour of Le Havre is very animated, since it’s the biggest in France, and Europe’s 5th biggest.

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TODAY: The Ocean Liners (like the Normandie, La France and Paris) have been replaced by many cruise ships.

???? Henri de Saint-Delis - The ocean liner Paris at Le Havre — ???? Henri de Saint-Delis – The ocean liner Paris at Le Havre

Henri de Saint-Delis painted in these places in Normandy (a link “⇠” will be placed to his works below when published):

Honfleur
Le Havre ⇠

Here are the painters/artists who painted in Le Havre:

Click here for a map listing all artists and where they painted in the Le Havre area.

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