DOI issue:
No. 285 (December 1916)
DOI article:Lees, George Frederic William: Henri Harpignies: in Memoriam
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.24575#0145
Henri Harpignies: In Memoriam
Allier, with its shallow
waters flowing over a sandy
bed and between scattered
rocks, and bordered with
magnificent trees, appears
again and again in his
pictures. The picturesque
ruined chateau of Heris-
son, perched high above
the sandy banks and weedy
islands of the river and
surmounting a cluster of
antique houses, formed
the subject of his 1872
Salon picture. The Saut du
Loup, some three miles
from the village, has been
immortalized more than
"the old promenade, nice" oil painting by henri harpignies once by his brush. Other
(Zoubalof Collection, Petit-Palais, Paris) noteworthy works pro-
duced in and around
called Le Soir: Souvenir de la Campagne de Rome, the sleepy village of Herisson, which, with its
which was bought for the Luxembourg. He had exquisitely proportioned church, lies half-buried
by that time entered well on what may be called in fine trees on the banks of the Allier, are Lisiere
his second period, when connoisseurs began to de bois sur les bords de P Allier, Un beau temps sur
remark that a new and great artist, with a distinct les bords de 1'Allier, 1861 ; Vue prise dans VAllier,
note of his own, was among them. A number of a water-colour painted in November 1870; Les
fine examples of this period in the life of Harpignies bords de PAumance and La Valle'e de I'Aumance,
are to be seen in the Petit-Palais, in Paris, thanks 1874 and 1875; Souvenir d'Auvergne, 1875;
to the generosity of M.
Jacques Zoubalof.
Henceforth, Harpignies lh
proceeded from triumph • RSk
to triumph. His famous H jfc
picture Le Saut du Loup : ^Ife&lfia^
vue prise sur PAllier was '^mWi ""^L^Jfe.
exhibited at the Universal - 'l
Exhibition of 1878, side "
by side with an equally ^^^HlflRlfek-
beautiful work Les Chines
du Chdteau-Renard, and *, * V f&T^
marked a fresh departure. .-£3 -|L > • j
The Department of the jH^^Si
Allier, forming part of
Auvergne, was destined ^|iPWp!W™
to play an important part
in Harpignies' work. He
went there by chance for
a six weeks' visit and was
so enchanted with the , -
beauties he found that he
stayed eighteen months
and continued to visit it "the village square, herisson" oil painting by henri harpignies;
year after year. The (Petit-Palais, Paris)
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Allier, with its shallow
waters flowing over a sandy
bed and between scattered
rocks, and bordered with
magnificent trees, appears
again and again in his
pictures. The picturesque
ruined chateau of Heris-
son, perched high above
the sandy banks and weedy
islands of the river and
surmounting a cluster of
antique houses, formed
the subject of his 1872
Salon picture. The Saut du
Loup, some three miles
from the village, has been
immortalized more than
"the old promenade, nice" oil painting by henri harpignies once by his brush. Other
(Zoubalof Collection, Petit-Palais, Paris) noteworthy works pro-
duced in and around
called Le Soir: Souvenir de la Campagne de Rome, the sleepy village of Herisson, which, with its
which was bought for the Luxembourg. He had exquisitely proportioned church, lies half-buried
by that time entered well on what may be called in fine trees on the banks of the Allier, are Lisiere
his second period, when connoisseurs began to de bois sur les bords de P Allier, Un beau temps sur
remark that a new and great artist, with a distinct les bords de 1'Allier, 1861 ; Vue prise dans VAllier,
note of his own, was among them. A number of a water-colour painted in November 1870; Les
fine examples of this period in the life of Harpignies bords de PAumance and La Valle'e de I'Aumance,
are to be seen in the Petit-Palais, in Paris, thanks 1874 and 1875; Souvenir d'Auvergne, 1875;
to the generosity of M.
Jacques Zoubalof.
Henceforth, Harpignies lh
proceeded from triumph • RSk
to triumph. His famous H jfc
picture Le Saut du Loup : ^Ife&lfia^
vue prise sur PAllier was '^mWi ""^L^Jfe.
exhibited at the Universal - 'l
Exhibition of 1878, side "
by side with an equally ^^^HlflRlfek-
beautiful work Les Chines
du Chdteau-Renard, and *, * V f&T^
marked a fresh departure. .-£3 -|L > • j
The Department of the jH^^Si
Allier, forming part of
Auvergne, was destined ^|iPWp!W™
to play an important part
in Harpignies' work. He
went there by chance for
a six weeks' visit and was
so enchanted with the , -
beauties he found that he
stayed eighteen months
and continued to visit it "the village square, herisson" oil painting by henri harpignies;
year after year. The (Petit-Palais, Paris)
135
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