Edward Seago

One of Seago’s favourite locations to paint in France was the town of Honfleur in Normandy. Between 1951 and 1967 the artist took several trips to Paris in his own yacht Capricorn, sailing along the river Seine and stopping to paint along the way at Dieppe, Rouen, Honfleur and other smaller towns. Already a known haven for artists including Impressionists Claude Monet and Eugène Boudin, Seago relished painting the bustling fishing and market scenes and historic buildings of Honfleur, producing several paintings from this location including the present oil, where he captures the sunlit promenade of houses and shimmering water in the port of the Vieux Bassin.