Hippolyte Camille Delpy (1842-1910). The Berneval Pond In Normandy, Circa 1880

The pond at Berneval-le-Grand near Dieppe around 1880, in the evening at dusk. A rare view of a vanished place. The village of Berneval was completely destroyed during the Second World War and subsequently rebuilt. Old postcards from around 1900 show the place with people and animals (cows, geese, ducks, etc.). Delpy also painted a picture entitled "The Thatched Cottage at Berneval" (available online). It was indeed in the 1880s that Delpy stayed several times on the Normandy coast. The incised signature indicates a branding process; this method predates the future HCD stamp on the back of the painter's panels, which would be introduced in subsequent years to prevent "Delpy-fake Daubigny" works. Hippolyte Camille Delpy, born April 16, 1842, in Joigny (Yonne) and died June 5, 1910, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, was a French painter. WIKIPEDIA: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte_Camille_Delpy Oil on mahogany panel, 33 x 60 cm, in good condition. Original period frame, 55.5 x 83 cm, in good condition, with minor restorations consistent with age. Shipping within France and internationally.