Hippolyte Lety (1878-1959) Landscape - Banks Of The Rhône In Vienne - Oil On Panel 1931

Oil on cardboard by Hippolyte Léty, depicting the banks of the Rhône at Vienne in Isère.
Signed lower right.
Titled "Bords du Rhône à Vienne" and dated August 1931 on the back.
Exhibition label from the Société lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts on the back. Good condition.
Carved gilt wood frame, showing some signs of wear.
Painting dimensions : 35 x 27 cm.
Frame dimensions : 42.5 x 35 cm.
Hippolyte Léty was born on January 24, 1878, in Vienne, Isère. Despite a career as a professor at the Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing in the north of France, the artist remained very attached to Isère, where he retired. His training was of the most solid; from the initiation of Antoine-Christian Zacharie known as Tony Zac (1819 - 1899) to Alexandre François Bonnardel (1867 - 1942) at the Beaux-Arts in Lyon, and finally in Paris, with Luc-Olivier Merson (1846 - 1920), Léon Bonnat (1833 - 1922) and Ferdinand Humbert (1842 - 1934). The artist was awarded medals at the Salons (1908, 1926) and received the Raigecourt-Goyon prize in 1925.
Hippolyte Léty painted his city of Vienne, the banks of the Rhône but also the mountains and the Mediterranean. He died in 1959 at the age of 81.