Art

All artist who painted in France.

Richard Parkes Bonnington

Caen – The Artists – Bonington, Richard Parkes

Richard Parkes Bonington, a British artist who spent most of his life in France, died early (age 25), but managed to paint many paintings. His Romanticism Landscape style made him a popular painter in his generation.

Here are several of his paintings he made in caen and surrounding.

Louis Boudan

Caen – The Artists – Boudan, Louis

Louis Boudan (16??–17??) was an artist who worked for François Roger de Gaignières, a French genealogist, antiquary and collector who was active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Almost all of his drawings are of the castles and churches to be found in France towards the end of the 17th and beginning 18th century. Many of the historical monuments he painted can still be seen today.

Here are two of his drawings he made in the city of Caen, Normandy, and one made in the outskirts of the city.

David Young Cameron

Caen – The Artists – Cameron, David Young

Sir David Young Cameron was a Scottish painter and etcher. Cameron was the son of the Rev. Robert Cameron and was born in Glasgow, Scotland.

As well as becoming well known as an etcher the artist also produced a great many oil paintings and watercolour sketches of landscapes and architectural subjects. Cameron’s earliest known oil painting dates to 1883.

Here is the one painting of his we found dealing with the city of Caen, Normandy.

Adrien Dauzats

Caen – The Artists – Dauzats, Adrien

Adrien Dauzats was a French landscape, genre painter and painter of Oriental subject matter. He travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and illustrated a number of books for the travel writer, Baron Taylor. Despite travelling extensively in the Middle East, he also painted a lot on France.

Here are his works for the city of Caen, Normandy.

Theodore Basset de Jolimont

Caen – The Artists – de Jolimont, Theodore Basset

François Gabriel Théodore Basset de Jolimont (1787 – 1854) was a French artist, lithographer, painter and antiquary.

Despite his talent and the volume of his work, de Jolimont always struggled with poor fortune.

Here are many of his works he did in Caen and surroundings.

Edwin Dolby

Caen – The Artists – Dolby, Edwin

Edwin Thomas Dolby (1824 – 1902) was a British painter. He was a draughtsman, illustrator and lithographer who specialised in views of churches.

Not much else is known about this artist. Here is the one painting of his we found that he made in Caen, Normandy.

William Raymond Dommersen

Caen – The Artists – Dommersen, William

William Raymond Dommersen, also Dommersheusen and Dommersheuzen, was a Dutch/English painter of Land- and Seascapes, Villages and Towns. He signed his work as W or WR Dommersen. Dommersen was born at the end of 1859 in Stratford, West Ham, London as the son of the Anglo / Dutch fine art painter Pieter Cornelis Dommersen and Anna Petronella Synja.

His parents had moved from the Netherlands in 1855 to London, England. Pre 1700 the family came from Dahlheim, near Koblenz, in Germany, so their family name was originally ‘Dommershausen’.

We found one of his paintings he made in Caen.

Ambroise Louis Garneray

Caen – The Artists – Garneray, Ambroise Louis

Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783 – 1857) was a French corsair, painter and writer. He was held as prisoner-of-war by the British for eight years .

He was in fact the first Peintre de la Marine.

Here are two of his paintings he made in the city of Caen, Normandy.

Paul-Elie Gernez

Caen – The Artists – Gernez, Paul-Elie

Paul-Elie Gernez born in Onnaing on January 27, 1888 and died in Honfleur on September 6, 1948 is a French painter, watercolourist, engraver and illustrator.

Here is one of his works he made outside of Caen, in Ouistreham, Normandy.

Henri Guerard

Caen – The Artists – Guerard, Henri

Henri Charles Guerard (1846 – 1897) was a French painter, engraver, lithographer and printer. He was born and died in Paris.

He married in 1879 to Eva Gonzales, painter, student, model and friend of Manet.

Not much else is known about this artist. Here is the one etching of his we found dealing with Caen, Normandy.

Louis-Adolphe Hervier

Caen – The Artists – Hervier, Louis Adolphe

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 are some of his works he did in Caen

Paul Huet

Caen – The Artists – Huet, Paul

Paul Huet was a French painter and printmaker born in Paris. He met the English painter Richard Parkes Bonington. Bonington’s example influenced Huet to reject neoclassicism and instead paint landscapes based on close observation of nature.

Huet’s works, which include oil paintings, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs, are Romantic in feeling.

Here is one painting he made outside of Caen, in Dives-sur-Mers.

Eugene Isabey

Caen – The Artists – Isabey, Eugene

Eugene Louis Gabriel Isabey was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style. He was born to Jean-Baptiste Isabey, a well known painter who enjoyed the patronage of the Imperial Family. Originally, he wanted to be a sailor, but his father insisted that he study painting; a turnabout from the usual situation where the family opposes an artistic career in favor of something more practical. He favored historical paintings, genre scenes and landscapes, but also executed numerous canvases depicting storms and shipwrecks; possibly reflecting his own thwarted career plans. He painted extensively in Normandy, but we’ve found only one painting of his dealing with the city of Caen.

Johan Jongkind

Caen – The Artists – Jongkind, Johan

Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism. He spent quite some time on the coast of Normandy. Here is the only painting we found of his dealing with Caen.

Eugene Lepoittevin

Caen – The Artists – Lepoittevin, Eugene

Eugène Lepoittevin was a French landscape painter, lithographer and caricaturist. He was appointed as Peintre de la Marine for the French Ministry of Defence in 1849. His work is exhibited in many museums in France and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

We found only one of his works dealing with the city of Caen

Emile-Andre Letellier

Caen – The Artists – Letellier, Emile-Andre

Emile-Andre Letellier (1833 – 1893) was a French photographer who worked almost exclusively in Normandy, France.

He became the Director of the monthly “Union photographique de France” magazine which was based in Le Havre, Normandy.

Here are the photos he made in Caen and its surrounding in Normandy.

Alfred Montague

Caen – The Artists – Montague, Alfred

Alfred Montague (1832 – 1883) was a British painter born in London.

Not much, if anything, is known about this British artist. Here is the one painting of his we found dealing with Caen, Normandy.

Ambrose Poynter

Caen – The Artists – Poynter, Ambrose

Ambrose Poynter was an English architect and one of the founding members of the Institute of British Architects in 1834. Poynter lived in Paris between 1830 and 1832, where Lavinia Forster (his mother-in-law from 1832) provided a social centre for artists. He became friends with many artists and painted several places in Normandy.Here are some of his works dealing with the city of Caen.

Samuel Prout

Caen – The Artists – Prout, Samuel

Samuel Prout was a British watercolourist, and one of the masters of watercolour architectural painting. Prout secured the position of Painter in Water-Colours in Ordinary to King George IV in 1829 and afterwards to Queen Victoria. To earn a living, he painted marine pieces for Palser the printseller, took students, and published drawing books for learners.

He was one of the first to use lithography. He established his reputation with street scenes. At the time of his death there was hardly a place in France, Germany, Italy (especially Venice) or the Netherlands where his face had not been seen searching for antique gables and sculptured pieces of stone.

David Roberts

Caen – The Artists – Roberts, David

David Roberts was a Scottish painter. He started as a decorator and house painter, but got an interest in paintings. He travelled extensively in the Middle East, and to reach the Middle East he travelled through France. Here are some of his detailed paintings he made of Caen.

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