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15th–20th Century Original Paintings

EUGENE DELESTRE

( 1862 - 1919 )

Eugène Delestre (1862–1919) painted this sunlit village scene around 1915, a quiet corner of rural France untouched by the war then raging to the north. An orchard of young fruit trees fills the left of the canvas, their foliage built up from dense, flickering touches of emerald, olive and lime. On the right, a group of whitewashed cottages crowd together beneath steep roofs. One stands half-roofless, its bare timber rafters glowing red and gold against the sky, while a tree in autumnal russet leaf blends into the warm tones of the old tiles. A low wall capped with terracotta runs across the foreground, softened by roses and flowering shrubs.

Delestre's handling is vigorous and tactile, the paint laid on in thick, broken strokes that catch the light across the whole surface. His debt to Pissarro and the Neo-Impressionists is clear, but the heavy impasto and lively rhythm are distinctly his own. He exhibited at the major Paris Salons and his work is conserved in the museums at Clamecy, Morlaix and St. Germain en Laye. A stunning painting and very striking.

Title: “Sunlit Village”

Signature:Inscribed on label verso

Medium: Oil on canvas

Provenance: Private french collection

Size: c. 11 x 16 inches unframed / 13 x 18 inches framed

Condition: Very good original condition

Born 8 September 1862, in Paris; died 1919.

Painter, architect. Genre scenes, landscapes.

Eugène Delestre studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. At the same time he pursued a career as a painter. He paints his landscapes in thickly applied pigment, using pure colours direct from the tube and applied without oil of turpentine.

He has exhibited regularly at the Salon de Paris, Salon d'Automne and Salon des Indépendants.

Museum and Gallery Holdings

Clamecy

Morlaix

St-Germain-en-Laye

Auction Records

Paris, 17 June 1919: Stormy Evening at Herblay, FRF 505; The Flowery Marshes of Honfleur, FRF 650; The Seine at Médan (watercolour) FRF 360

Paris, 10 June 1942: The Seine at Herblay, FRF 1,000

Copenhagen, 15 Nov 1993: River Landscape (1909, oil on canvas, 44 × 63¾ ins/112 × 162 cm) DKK 4,000

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