Even leaving to one side the town of Dieppe, covered in a separate Curation, the Normandy coastline has long been a favourite place of French artists as well as those from the United Kingdom. This stretch of Normandy coastline starts with representations of Trouville and Deauville, frequently painted by Eugène Louis Boudin, but perhaps most often remembered are those depictions of the seaside resorts by Raoul Dufy. The beaches associated with the D Day landings in 1944 are the ones seen in wartime artists in the United Kingdom, particularly in the work of Stephen Bone. The Curation then passes through the Cherbourg peninsula and ends with a group of paintings of Mont St Michel, the tidal island just a kilometre off the coastline.

Artists featured in this Curation: Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828), Richard Hume Lancaster (1773–1853), Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898), Claude Monet (1840–1926), Alfred Emile Léopold Joseph Victor Stevens (1823–1906), James MacKeown (b.1961), Charles David Cobb (1921–2014), Norman Smith (1910–1996), and 23 more See all

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Trouville

The Jetties of Trouville-Deauville 1929
Raoul Dufy (1877–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 46.2 x W 54.8 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: Yale Center for British Art

Trouville

Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville c.1825
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828)
Oil on canvas
H 37.1 x W 52.4 cm
Yale Center for British Art

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Image credit: Government Art Collection

Trouville

Fishing Boats off Trouville 1853
Richard Hume Lancaster (1773–1853)
Oil on canvas
H 107 x W 152 cm
Government Art Collection

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Image credit: Walker Art Gallery

Trouville

Marée basse à Trouville mid-1860s
Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
Oil on canvas
H 59.6 x W 72.6 cm
Walker Art Gallery

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Trouville

The Beach at Trouville, the Empress Eugénie 1863
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on panel
H 34.3 x W 57.8 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Trouville

The Jetty at Trouville 1869
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 64.8 x W 92.8 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Trouville

The Beach at Trouville 1870
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 46.5 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Trouville

Trouville Harbour 1873
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on panel
H 30.7 x W 57.6 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Trouville

Beach Scene, Trouville 1873
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on wood
H 15.5 x W 29.9 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

Trouville

Trouville Harbour 1880
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 38.4 x W 54.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Trouville

The Entrance to Trouville Harbour 1888
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on mahogany
H 32.4 x W 40.9 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Trouville

The Port of Trouville c.1894–1897
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on panel
H 32.5 x W 41 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

Trouville

A Beach near Trouville 1895
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 54.3 x W 81.2 cm
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Deauville

Deauville Harbour about 1888-90
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on oak
H 28.8 x W 41.3 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: The Courtauld

Deauville

Deauville 1893
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 74.2 cm
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Deauville

The Water Meadows at Deauville, France
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 49 x W 72.5 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Image credit: Paisley Art Institute Collection, held by Paisley Museum and Art Galleries

Deauville

Road to Deauville
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Paisley Art Institute Collection, held by Paisley Museum and Art Galleries

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Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery

Deauville

Off the Coast at Deauville
Alfred Emile Léopold Joseph Victor Stevens (1823–1906)
Oil on wood
H 46 x W 37.5 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery

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Image credit: Tate

Deauville

Deauville, Drying the Sails (Deauville, le séchage des voiles) 1933
Raoul Dufy (1877–1953)
Oil on canvas
H 46.4 x W 110.2 cm
Tate

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Deauville

Deauville, Wet Sunday Beach
James MacKeown (b.1961)
Oil on canvas
H 79 x W 97.5 cm
Northern Ireland Civil Service

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Sword Beach, Ouistreham

Sword Beach, Ouistreham, D-Day, 6 June 1944
Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
Oil on canvas
H 37.5 x W 88 cm
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth

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Lion-sur-Mer

D-Day, Normandy, Lion-sur-Mer
Norman Smith (1910–1996)
Oil on board
H 59 x W 83.5 cm
Portsmouth Museums and Visitor Services

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Courseulles

LSTs on the Beach at Courseulles
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on canvas board
H 25 x W 35.4 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Courseulles

Courseulles Beach 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on panel
H 24.9 x W 35.2 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Courseulles

View of Courseulles with DUKWs Landing Stores mid-20th C
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Courseulles

The Gooseberry, Courseulles 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 25.5 x W 35.5 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Courseulles

Launch Control Trailer at Courseulles: Unloading Beer 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on panel
H 25 x W 35.4 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)

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Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Arromanches

Mulberry Harbour: Arromanches I 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on panel
H 25.4 x W 34.5 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Arromanches

Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches: Normandy Landing, June 1944 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on board
H 25.4 x W 35.6 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Arromanches

Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches: Normandy Landing, June 1944 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on cardboard
H 25.4 x W 35.6 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)

Arromanches

The Landing in Normandy, Arromanches: D-Day Plus 20, 26 June 1944 1944
Barnett Freedman (1901–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 154.9 x W 304.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)

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Normandy D Day Landings

The Marvel of Mulberry: Normandy Landing, June 1944 mid-20th C
Charles Pears (1873–1958)
Oil on paper
H 31.8 x W 53.3 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Normandy D Day Landings

The Normandy Landings, 1944
Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 81 cm
Britannia Royal Naval College

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Image credit: Government Art Collection

Normandy D Day Landings

Sunset on the Normandy Beaches 1944
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Oil on card
H 34.5 x W 50 cm
Government Art Collection

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Image credit: Tate

Grandcamp

Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp 1885
Georges Seurat (1859–1891)
Oil on canvas
H 64.8 x W 81.6 cm
Tate

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Barfleur

The Battle of Barfleur, 19 May 1692 1693
Ludolf Backhuysen I (1630–1708)
Oil on canvas
H 157.5 x W 233.5 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

Barfleur

The Battle of Barfleur, 19 May 1692
Peter Monamy (1681–1749)
Oil on canvas
H 35.6 x W 101.3 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Gatteville

The Lighthouse at Gatteville, near Barfleur, after a Storm
Jean-Louis Petit (1795–1876) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 101.4 x W 140.5 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Fermanville

Fermanville 1962
Dick Lee (1923–2001)
Oil on canvas
H 52 x W 61 cm
Royal Academy of Arts

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Cherbourg

Old Cherbourg, France
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828)
Oil on panel
H 21.8 x W 31.2 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Image credit: Dover Collections

Cherbourg

Allied Fleet before Cherbourg 1855
Cheri Dubreuil (1828–c.1880)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 152.4 cm
Dover Collections

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Cherbourg

Queen Victoria's Visit to Cherbourg, 12 August 1858 1858
Arthur Wellington Fowles (1815–1883)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 91.5 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Image credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

Cherbourg

Napoleon III Receiving Queen Victoria at Cherbourg, 5 August 1858 1859
Jules Achille Noël (1815–1881)
Oil on canvas
H 164.5 x W 228.5 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich

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Granville

Point de Granville, Normandie c.1900
John Duncan Fergusson (1874–1961)
Oil on panel
H 7.5 x W 11.5 cm
Perth & Kinross Council

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Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Mont St Michel

Mont Saint Michel, Normandy 1838
Edward William Cooke (1811–1880)
Oil on canvas
H 54.6 x W 80 cm
Paintings Collection

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Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel from Avranches 1841
William Fowler (1796–1870)
Oil on canvas
H 78.5 x W 119 cm
Kirklees Museums and Galleries

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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel 1848
David Roberts (1796–1864)
Oil on panel
H 26.4 x W 40.6 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel 1854
Charles Bentley (1808–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 104.3 x W 149.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel, France 1857
Joseph Paul Pettitt (1812–1882)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 91.5 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Image credit: Tate

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel, Normandy ?exhibited 1857 or 1866
James Webb (1835–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 151.1 x W 242.9 cm
Tate

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Image credit: Bude-Stratton Town Council

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel 1862
William Wood Deane (1825–1873)
Oil on canvas
H 69 x W 107 cm
Bude-Stratton Town Council

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Image credit: City of London Corporation

Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel, France 1868
James Webb (1835–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 136 x W 175 cm
City of London Corporation

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Image credit: Sheffield Museums

Mont St Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France 1873–1874
James Webb (1835–1895)
Oil on canvas
H 59.8 x W 100.4 cm
Sheffield Museums

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Mont St Michel

Men with Sails, Bay of Mont St Michel 1959
Peter Oliver (1927–2006)
Oil on hardboard
H 121.5 x W 51 cm
Government Art Collection

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Mont St Michel

Mont St Michel
Barbara Baynes Mahoney (1931–2022)
Watercolour & ink on paper
H 25 x W 32.5 cm
Falmouth Art Gallery

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Mont St Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France 2000
Hubert de Castella (active 1999–2000)
Oil on canvas
H 60.2 x W 90 cm
The University of Nottingham

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Cheri Dubreuil (1828–c.1880)
Joseph Paul Pettitt (1812–1882)
Edward William Cooke (1811–1880)
Norman Smith (1910–1996)
James MacKeown (b.1961)
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)
Eugène Louis Boudin (1824–1898)
Stephen Bone (1904–1958)
Jean-Louis Petit (1795–1876)
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