Théodore Géricault, a native of Rouen, was a notable figure in the Romantic movement, its famous "Radeau de la Méduse" being considered come the breakthrough of pictorial romanticism in France when it was officially presented at the 1819 Salon.
V 17. stoletju je bilo nekaj večjih francoskih slikarjev Normanov, kot so Nicolas Poussin, rojen v Les Andelys in Jean Jouvenet.