Jean Dufy, a French painter, was born in Le Havre and painted in the Fauvism, Impressionism, Modernism, and Cubism styles/movements. His older and more famous brother, Raoul Dufy, was also an artist and became Jean’s mentor. Jean painted mostly in the Paris region, but did manage quite a few in Normandy.
Here are his paintings he made in Honfleur, Normandy.
Adolphe Hervier, in full: Louis-Henri-Victor-Jules-François-Adolphe Hervier was a French painter and engraver, known for his rural genre scenes. Over his lifetime, his style changed from a strict Romanticism to an early type of Impressionism. He was the son of a painter.Despite being Parisian, his favorite painting locations were in Normandy; including Honfleur, Le Havre, Rouen and Granville.
Here is one painting of his we found which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.
Albert Lebourg (1849 – 1928), birth name Albert-Marie Lebourg, also called Albert-Charles Lebourg and Charles Albert Lebourg, was a French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist landscape painter of the Rouen School. Member of the Societe des Artistes Francais, he actively worked in a luminous Impressionist style, creating more than 2,000 landscapes during his lifetime.
Albert Lebourg spent time in Rouen, Normandy, Algeria and The Netherlands. Here are his works for Honfleur, Normandy.
Jules Emile Elisee Maclet (1881–1962) was a French Impressionist painter, particularly known for his views of Montmartre.
Maclet was born the son of a gardener and a laundress at Lihons in the Santerre region in Picardy. His family was poor and he began work very young as an assistant to his father. Picardy is renowned for its roses, and Maclet used to say that he was born among cabbages and roses. His artistic talent became evident very early. The parish priest, Father Delval, was also an amateur painter, and often on fine Sundays he took the boy out to sketch and paint in the countryside.
Here are some of his paintings we found which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.
Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro (1871–1961) was a French artist who worked in Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles. He was also a designer of textiles, decorative objects, furniture and glassware.
Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro was born in 1871 in France, at Louveciennes, the third child of Impressionist artist Camille Pissarro. Initially, he painted at his father’s side, where he learned not only to handle brush and pencil but also to observe and to love nature. Like his brother Lucien Pissarro he spent his formative years surrounded by distinguished artists of the Impressionist movement, such as Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and Gauguin, all of whom frequented the Pissarro home.
Here is the one painting of his we found which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.
Claude Monet is without any doubt the most famous impressionist painter. He started the movement, and he was the master of it.
Although he was born in Paris, France (and died in Giverny, Normandy, France), his heart was Normandy, particularly the Normandy coastline. His family moved to Le Havre in 1845 where his father wanted him to join the family ship-chandling business, but instead he decided to become an artist.
Here are many (32x) of his paintings which he made in Honfleur, Normandy.
Siebe Johannes ten Cate (1858 – 1908) was a Dutch-Frisian painter in the Impressionist style, who spent most of his working life in France.
His favorite subjects were landscapes, city and harbor views, often populated with figures. Le Havre was one of his favorite locations. Here are his works for Honfleur we’ve been able to find.
Rene de Saint-Delis, 1876 – 1958, was a French painter influenced by the Impressionist movement. He was born in the North of France (Pas-de-Calais) and died in Etretat, Normandy. Here are his works for Le Havre
Eugene Boudin is a real Normandy based artist, born and died in Normandy. He was an Impressionist painter and a close friend of Claude Monet. Here are a few of his many works he made in Le Havre
Jean Dufy, a French painter, was born in Le Havre and painted in the Fauvism, Impressionism, Modernism, and Cubism styles/movements. His older brother, Raoul Dufy, was also an artist and became Jean’s mentor. He painted mostly in the Paris region, but did manage quite a few in Le Havre. Here are some of them.
Raoul Dufy, born in Le Havre where he painted with his younger brother Jean Dufy. He created an impressive amount of paintings dealing with life in Le Havre. Here are but a few of them.
Part 2 of Raoul Dufy, born in Le Havre where he painted with his younger brother Jean Dufy. He created an impressive amount of paintings dealing with life in Le Havre. Here are the paintings that deal with the Le Havre surroundings; Sainte-Adresse and Harfleur.
Adolphe Hervier, in full: Louis-Henri-Victor-Jules-François-Adolphe Hervier was a French painter and engraver, known for his rural genre scenes. Over his lifetime, his style changed from a strict Romanticism to an early type of Impressionism. He was the son of a painter.Despite being Parisian, his favorite painting locations were in Normandy; including Honfleur, Le Havre, Rouen and Granville. Here is the only painting we found of his dealing with Le Havre.
Albert Lebourg, a French painter who spent time in Rouen, Normandy, Algeria and The Netherlands followed the Impressionism and Post-Impressionism movements. Here are 2 of his works he did in Le Havre
A look at Claude Monet paintings of the city of Le Havre (and surroundings) in Normandy, France
Here are all the artists featured on our site that have painted in Le Havre and its immediate surroundings. There’s a map with one location per artist per city. Use the map to look at that artist’s works of art.
Armand Guillaumin (1841 – 1927) was a French impressionist painter and lithographer. Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, he worked at his uncle’s lingerie shop while attending evening drawing lessons. He also worked for a French government railway before studying at the Academie Suisse in 1861. There, he met Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro with whom he maintained lifelong friendships.
He did not work directly in Le Havre itself, instead painted in the suburb Sainte-Adresse.
Paul Lucien Maze (1887 – 1979) was an Anglo-French painter. He is often known as “The last of the Post Impressionists” and was one of the great artists of his generation. His mediums included oils, watercolours and pastels and his paintings include French maritime scenes, busy New York City scenes and the English countryside.
Here are some of his paintings he made in Le Havre, Normandy.
Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy.
Here are some of his Le Havre and Harfleur (suburb) works.
Lucien Pissarro (1863 – 1944), son of Camille Pissarro, was a landscape painter, printmaker, wood engraver and designer and printer of fine books. His landscape paintings employ techniques of Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism. Apart from his landscapes he painted a few still lifes and family portraits. Until 1890 he worked in France, but thereafter was based in Britain.
Pissarro was born in Paris. He was the oldest of seven children; the son of Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and his wife Julie. He studied with his father and—like his siblings Georges and Felix—he spent his formative years surrounded by his father’s fellow artists such as Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir who frequented the Pissarro home. He was influenced by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.
Lucien Pissarro did not painted in Le Havre itself, instead he worked in the nearby Harfleur.
Siebe Johannes ten Cate (1858 – 1908) was a Dutch-Frisian painter in the Impressionist style, who spent most of his working life in France.
His favorite subjects were landscapes, city and harbor views, often populated with figures. Le Havre was one of his favorite locations. Here are the works for Le Havre we’ve been able to find.
Frits Thaulow was a Norwegian Impressionist painter, best known for his naturalistic depictions of landscape. We found two paintings of his in Le Havre.
Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
He painted quite a few paintings in Normandy. Here is one drawing he made in Lisieux..
Armand Guillaumin (1841 – 1927) was a French impressionist painter and lithographer. Born Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin in Paris, he worked at his uncle’s lingerie shop while attending evening drawing lessons. He also worked for a French government railway before studying at the Academie Suisse in 1861. There, he met Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissarro with whom he maintained lifelong friendships.
He did not work directly in Mont Saint-Michel itself, instead painted in nearby Carolles.
