Our blogger is regular guest Gordon Cochrane Home. An artist, traveller and writer, Gordon visited Normandy at the beginning of the 20th century.
This week Gordon is sharing illustrations of Évreux, Château d’O, Falaise, Porte Cordeliers Falaise, Gisors, Beaumont-le-Roger and a typical tree lined country road. These paintings first appeared in his book ‘Normandy Illustrated, the Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns’ published in 1905.
Château d’O. A seventeenth century manor house surrounded by a wide moat.
Falaise. The favourite stronghold of William the Conqueror.
Porte Cordeliers, Falaise, A thirteenth century gateway that overlooks the steep valley of the Ante.
The church at Gisors, seen from the walls of the castle.
The bridge at Beaumont-le-Roger.This is typical of the poplar-bordered roads of Normandy.
On the road between Conches and Beaumont-le-Roger. This is typical of the poplar-bordered roads of Normandy.
Our guest blogger is Gordon Cochrane Home. An artist, traveller and writer, Gordon visited Normandy at the beginning of the 20th century. This week Gordon is sharing illustrations of chateau Gaillard, Saint-Lô, Ouistreham, Domfront, Vire, Rouen and a Normandy farm. These paintings first appeared in his book 'Normandy Illustrated, the Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns'…
Today our blogger is regular guest Gordon Cochrane Home. A watercolour artist, traveller and writer, Gordon visited Normandy at the beginning of the 20th century. Gordon is sharing beautiful illustrations of Avranches, the river Seine, Lisieux, Coutances and Bayeux. These paintings first appeared in his book 'Normandy Illustrated, the Scenery & Romance Of Its Ancient Towns'…
Chateau de Sully, near Bayeux, June 1944 by Anthony Gross First published here 2017 Although photographs remember a moment, an event, war artists see the emotion in a war; how people live within it, the minutiae of daily life as they prepare, wait, fight, suffer and celebrate. Faced with the vastness of war, war artists…
Our guest blogger today is Cook’s Handbook for Normandy (and Brittany) from 1883. Excerpts include traveler advice, the Norman character and scenery. Every town and larger village are described, but for this match we have included a visitor guide to Bayeux. We expected the handbook to be a little dry but it is sprinkled with personal…
This week we are celebrating fellow Normandy lover Gordon Home, whose delightful watercolour of Mont Saint-Michel is possibly the loveliest we have ever seen. A sense of beauty A newspaper report of Gordon's wedding in 1926 to Violet Maude Chapman includes these lines from the vicar’s address: “What gift, then, will you, Gordon, bring to…
