Born 1854; died after 1915.

Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman. Figures, scenes with figures, genre scenes, church interiors, landscapes, waterscapes, urban landscapes, architectural views.

Henry Thomas Schafer was active from 1873 to 1915. He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He exhibited The Writer at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street in London, and at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1911.

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Hull (Ferens Art Gallery): Needle and Thread (c. 1905, oil on canvas)

Auction Records

London, 5 March 1910: Symphony (1844) GBP 26

London, 24 May 1910: Poetry (1888) GBP 19

London, 23 Oct 1974: View of Limoges, GBP 420

London, 7 May 1976: View of Metz (oil on canvas, 16 × 12¼ ins/40.5 × 31 cm) GBP 520

London, 20 July 1977: View of Bruges (1890, oil on canvas, 15 × 11½ ins/38 × 29 cm) GBP 700

London, 15 May 1979: Rose Time (1877, oil on canvas, 28 × 35 ins/71 × 89 cm) GBP 1,600

London, 23 March 1981: Divinely Fair (1893, oil on canvas, 63 × 35½ ins/160 × 90 cm) USD 5,200

London, 19 Oct 1983: Rest (1881, oil on canvas, 19 × 31 ins/48 × 79 cm) GBP 2,000

London, 26 Feb 1988: City on the Continent (1878, oil on canvas, 14 × 12 ins/35.5 × 30.5 cm) GBP 682

Amsterdam, 30 Aug 1988: Market Square in Louvain, Belgium, with Numerous Villagers (watercolour and ink/paper, 17¼ × 13½ ins/44 × 34 cm) NLG 1,092

Bern, 26 Oct 1988: Riverscape with Poplars and a Monastery Church (oil on canvas, 9½ × 13½ ins/24 × 34 cm) CHF 800

New York, 17 Jan 1990: St Vandrue in Mons, Belgium (oil on canvas, 26¼ × 21½ ins/66.7 × 54.6 cm) USD 3,575

Montreal, 30 April 1990: Ste-Madeleine, Troyes (oil on canvas, 12¼ × 9¾ ins/31 × 25 cm) CAD 935

London, 15 June 1990: Abbeville and Caudebec, Normandy (oil on canvas, a pair, 18 × 14 ins/45.7 × 35.6 cm) GBP 2,640

London, 26 Sept 1990: Unloading the Fish (oil on canvas, 25¼ × 22 ins/64 × 55 cm) GBP 1,320

London, 22 Nov 1990: Street of a Continental City with Figures (oil on canvas, 12 × 9¾ ins/30.4 × 24.8 cm) GBP 550

New York, 21 May 1991: Going to Church (oil on canvas, 27 × 35½ ins/68.6 × 90.2 cm) USD 4,400

New York, 21 May 1991: Church of St-Vincent in Rouen, Normandy (oil on canvas, 18¼ × 14¼ ins/46.4 × 36.2 cm) USD 4,620

New York, 16 Feb 1993: North Transept of the Toledo Cathedral (watercolour and ink heightened with gouache, 43¼ × 29½ ins/110 × 75 cm) USD 3,300

London, 11 June 1993: Antwerp; Romerberg in Frankfurt am Main (1889, oil on canvas, a pair, each 16 × 12 ins/40.6 × 30.5 cm) GBP 3,450

New York, 15 Oct 1993: Toledo Cathedral, Spain (watercolour and pencil/reinforced paper, 18¼ × 12¼ ins/46.4 × 31.1 cm) USD 920

London, 5 Nov 1993: Divinely Beautiful (1893, oil on canvas, 35 × 63 ins/89.2 × 160.3 cm) GBP 10,120

London, 30 March 1994: Old House in Rouen; Market Square, Nuremberg (oil on canvas, a pair, each 16 × 12 ins/40.5 × 30.5 cm) GBP 2,415

New York, 20 July 1994: St-Wulfran in Abbeville, Normandy (1889, oil on canvas, 15¾ × 12 ins/40 × 30.5 cm) USD 920

London, 7 June 1995: Distributing the Grain for the Pigeons; By the Docks (1889, oil on panel, a pair, each 23½ × 12¼ ins/60 × 31 cm) GBP 3,220

London, 9 May 1996: Rouen, Normandy; Utrecht, Holland (1888, oil on canvas, a pair, each 9¾ × 8 ins/25 × 20.5 cm) GBP 1,782

London, 9 Oct 1996: Morlaix, Brittany; Place-de-la-Croix in St-Pierre, Normandy (oil on canvas, a pair, 15¾ × 12¼ ins/40 × 31 cm) GBP 3,450

London, 13 March 1997: St-Pierre, Caen; Koblenz, Germany (oil on canvas, a pair, 16 × 12 ins/40.7 × 30.4 cm) GBP 3,200

Billingshurst, 18 May 1999: Market Scene, Bamber, Bavaria. Morlaix, Brittany (oil on canvas, a pair, 15 × 11 ins/39 × 29 cm) GBP 4,500

Jersey, 29 Sept 1999: Frankfurt, Germany. Strasbourg, Alsace (oil on canvas, a pair, 18 × 14 ins/46 × 35 cm) GBP 4,800

London, 21 June 2000: Rue de Louviers, Bruges, Belgium. Antwerp (oil on canvas, a pair, 16 × 12 ins/40 × 30 cm) GBP 3,400

Chicago, 16 Sept 2000: Caen and Rouen (1883, oil on canvas, a pair, 16 × 12 ins/41 × 30 cm) USD 4,400

New York, 2 May 2001: Spring Blossoms (1876, oil on canvas, 30 × 22 ins/76 × 56 cm) USD 12,000

London, 20 Sept 2001: Buying Fruit by a Canal. Bustling Continental Street (oil on canvas, a pair, 16 × 12 ins/41 × 30 cm) GBP 2,500

London, 1 May 2002: Cologne Cathedral (oil on canvas, 40 × 30 ins/102 × 76 cm) GBP 3,600

London, 30 May 2002: Luys Near Morlaix, Britanny. Eveux, Normandy (1882, oil on canvas, two, 20 × 16 ins/51 × 41 cm) GBP 3,200

Madrid, 18 Feb 2003: Burgos Cathedral (oil on canvas, 44 × 34 ins/112 × 86 cm) EUR 6,500

London, 19 Nov 2003: Peacock Fan (1879, oil on canvas, 19 × 31 ins/48 × 79 cm) GBP 6,800

London, 4 March 2004: Strasbourg, Alsace. St Pierre, Caen, Normandy (oil on canvas, a pair, 16 × 12 ins/41 × 30 cm) GBP 2,000