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Henri -Jacques Delpy (1877 - 1957)
"Boating on the River"
29 x 39 inches
oil on canvas
signed lower left
"Boating on the River"
29 x 39 inches
oil on canvas
signed lower left
HENRY-JACQUES DELPY was born in the Bois-le-Roi in 1877. He was the son and pupil of his father H.C. Delpy, the renowned Barbizon landscape
painter who studied with Daubigny. Delpy’s life was spent with his father and (best frindt Daubigny), painting in the open air or floating down the Oise
River in Daubigny’s boat 'Le Botin'. The Boat was both ta floating studion and often a living quarters for the artists on painting trips. Most of Daubigny
and Delpy’s later paintings were done from the deck of this boat.
The lineage of the teacher-pupil relationship begins with Corot who favored the younger Daubigny and became his close companion as well as his
master. Then Daubigny passed on these lessons to the younger generation which included many soon to be “impressionists” painters. Daubigny’s most
devoted student and friend was the elder H.C Delpy and they spent years painting together. When Delpy’s son exhibited talent, he too was taken under
their tutelage. The style of the younger and elder Delpy are very similar and the subject matter is virtually the same; river scenes where the setting sun
coats the water with lovely reflections. The scenes are tranquil and idyllic instilling in the viewer a sense of romantic longing for a place “stopped in time”
and enveloped in soft light. The elder Delpy has become the better known and more aggressively collected of the two and his prices are more
demanding, however, the young Delpy often rises to the stature of his father’s work and is increasingly recognized as a talent in his own right. His prices
have steadily increased throughout Europe and America and the paintings are more sought after than ever before. He can well be described as a third
generation Barbizon painter because he chose to follow that tradition of landscape painting rather than move into Impressionism. He remained true to the
lessons of his father and Daubigny throughout his life.
painter who studied with Daubigny. Delpy’s life was spent with his father and (best frindt Daubigny), painting in the open air or floating down the Oise
River in Daubigny’s boat 'Le Botin'. The Boat was both ta floating studion and often a living quarters for the artists on painting trips. Most of Daubigny
and Delpy’s later paintings were done from the deck of this boat.
The lineage of the teacher-pupil relationship begins with Corot who favored the younger Daubigny and became his close companion as well as his
master. Then Daubigny passed on these lessons to the younger generation which included many soon to be “impressionists” painters. Daubigny’s most
devoted student and friend was the elder H.C Delpy and they spent years painting together. When Delpy’s son exhibited talent, he too was taken under
their tutelage. The style of the younger and elder Delpy are very similar and the subject matter is virtually the same; river scenes where the setting sun
coats the water with lovely reflections. The scenes are tranquil and idyllic instilling in the viewer a sense of romantic longing for a place “stopped in time”
and enveloped in soft light. The elder Delpy has become the better known and more aggressively collected of the two and his prices are more
demanding, however, the young Delpy often rises to the stature of his father’s work and is increasingly recognized as a talent in his own right. His prices
have steadily increased throughout Europe and America and the paintings are more sought after than ever before. He can well be described as a third
generation Barbizon painter because he chose to follow that tradition of landscape painting rather than move into Impressionism. He remained true to the
lessons of his father and Daubigny throughout his life.
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