Hippolyte Camille Delpy (French 1842-1910)
Sunset on River Landscape
oil on panel, signed lower right
Size: 12 ¾ x 23 ¾ in (with frame 24 ½ x 35 in)
J19249
Hippolyte Camille Delpy was one of the most exciting young artists of the late 19th century. In the 1870’s the avant-garde subject matter for landscape paintings took a turn from the fields of Normandy or the forests of the Ile-de-France and focused on the streets of Paris. Delpy was one of the first artists to embrace the subject of his own rapidly changing neighborhood under its ever shifting weather conditions, thus making him a leading figure for artists of his generation.
Delpy was trained by both Daubigny and Corot. However, his works also showed the influence of the newly developing Impressionist movement. Delpy was familiar with many of the Impressionists including Monet, Sisley, and Pissarro and he exhibited with them in both Auvers and on the Normandy coast. While he shared their fascination with the power of weather and light to transform a landscape he remained faithful to the techniques of his first teacher Daubigny.
Delpy was a strong exhibitor at the Salon as well as numerous other exhibitions. It was his exhibition pieces at the Salon that gained Delpy his strongest supporters. The art critic Castagnary, one of Delpy’s biggest supporters, strongly criticized the Salon for not awarding Delpy a medal for his 1875 and 1876 exhibition pieces. It was these city snow scenes that solidified Delpy’s name as a daring and original artist. Years after the 1876 Salon exhibition, Delpy’s painting was still noted as a major turning point in his artistic achievement. He also exhibited in the International Exposition alongside Whistler, Monet, Sisley, Pissaro, Renoir, and Morisot. Having his works shown with such important artists clearly shows the esteem in which he was held.
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