Auguste Bougourd, a landscape painter and engraver born in Pont-Audemer in Normandy, grew up in a cultivated environment where he divided his time between music and painting. A student of Jean-Joseph Bellel, he had to interrupt his artistic career to take over the family business, while continuing to paint the Norman landscapes he loved. From 1865 onward, he exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon and in various regional exhibitions.
Influenced by the Barbizon School, particularly by Corot and Rousseau, he distinguished himself through sensitive landscapes, often devoid of human figures. After 1896, his stays in the South of France and in Tunisia enriched his palette with warmer tones inspired by Mediterranean landscapes.
