Narcisse Guilbert
(1878 – 1942)

Narcisse Guilbert was born June 12, 1878, in Bouville, to a very modest family.
At the age of 17, Narcisse entered the École des Beaux-Arts of Rouen, and later studied at the Free Academy of Delattre. He frequently returned to paint on the same spots where Delattre taught him.

In 1910, while living in Brittany, Guilbert made some painting incursions to Paris, but it is on the Norman beaches, in particular in Etretat, that he paints his most beautiful marine landscapes.

Guilbert is undoubtedly one of the most gifted landscape painters of Rouen by his acute sense of light, the beauty of his colors and his very great sensitivity.