Hippolyte Camille Delpy
Ile de France, Barbizon River Scene
Undated

Name: Ile de France, Barbizon River Scene
Brand: Hippolyte Camille Delpy
Price: 12000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This is a rare and very beautiful River scene by Barbican artist Hippolyte Delpy. Rare because it has a very white and bright sky as many Barbican works are heavier in palette. Aligning this painting a bit with the Impressionist influences of the day in France. Truly transporting it is an atmospheric work that is elegant. The panel inside the frame measure 18 x 30 inches. Size listed is with the frame - total size. Delpy achieved extraordinary success both during and after his lifetime. His paintings were very popular due in large part to his unique ability to depict nature both in realistic tones but also with a sentimental feeling gleaned from an understanding of the methods of his mentors, the great landscape painters Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot and Charles-Francois Daubigny. In FluBlandschaft in der Ile de France Hippolyte-Camille Delpy a pleasant riverscape view in the Ile de France (Island of France), one of the wealthiest areas within the environs of Paris. Here the artist deftly combines the poetical style of Corot with the more naturalistic style of his first and original teacher Daubigny to create a view of the Oise, Marne & Seine Rivers that nonetheless reflects Delpy’s own personality and style of painting. Delpy often painted landscape scenes at different times of the day to accentuate the changes in light and also from different angles again to record the distinctive transformations of luminosity and radiance. Here he undertakes the depiction of a boat seamlessly being rowed across the placid waters punctuated by lily pads and the reflection of the ubiquitous and native poplar trees of France. The subtle rendering of the landscape echoes the Classicism of Corot’s training, but Delpy couples this formality with a Romanticism that infuses the picture with distinct light and darkness, all the while revealing the influence of the Impressionists on his work. The picture also reveals Delpy’s understanding of the complexity of the landscape that was the hallmark of Daubigny’s art with the entire range of greens masterfully executed. However, to this understanding and appreciation Delpy applies an energy which is uniquely his own. Delpy infuses a greater intensity of color into his work but carefully avoids any distracting clashes of color. What ultimately emerges is an extraordinarily complex tonality in perfect harmony with the surroundings that invigorates and revitalizes the canvas. The water is beautifully executed and provides a second focal point to the rich fecundity of the fields to the left as well as the foliage that circles the waters. The lone farmhouse in the background coupled with the grasses in the foreground lead the eye of the viewer from the forefront to the horizon in the distance and towards the other worldliness of the shimmering light-suffused sky which occupies over half of the painter’s canvas. Hippolyte-Camille Delpy was born on April 6th, 1842 in the Burgundian region of France. His father

Creator:

Hippolyte Camille Delpy (1842 - 1910)

Creation Year:

Undated

Dimensions:

Height: 22.75 in (57.79 cm)Width: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)

Medium:

Oil,Panel

Movement & Style:

Impressionist

Period:

Late 19th Century

Condition:

The painting shows well and is ready to hang. The frame is a French frame that has some patina and wear normal to this sort of frame but is 100% visually fine. The painting has been cleaned and conserved.

Gallery Location:

Greenwich, CT

Reference Number:

Seller: 147061stDibs: LU1413210744292

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