DAUBIGNY Karl Sunset by the Sea Oil on canvas signed dated dedicated Certificate of authenticity.

DAUBIGNY Karl (1846 / 1886)
Sunset by the sea.
Oil on canvas, signed, dated 1880 and dedicated to his friend in the lower left corner.
49,7x80 cm
Certificate of authenticity.
A landscape painter, Karl Daubigny studied drawing under his father, Charles François Daubigny, at the Académie Suisse. His passion for painting developed with prodigious speed, undoubtedly influenced by the artistic milieu in which he grew up. He regularly accompanied his father on excursions with his painter friends, such as Corot, Daumier, and Steinheil.
Karl Daubigny made his debut at the Salon des Artistes Français at a very young age in 1863 with two paintings, "Le Sentier" (The Path) and "L'Île de Vaux" (The Island of Vaux). The following year, he attracted attention at the Salon with "Pré des Graves" (Meadow of the Graves), a work of extraordinary truth and power for an 18-year-old. He received his first award in 1865 with "Chemin Creux" (Hollow Path). Each year, Karl continued to astonish at the Salon with luminous works and remarkable gifts as a colorist. Until 1867, he treated the same subjects as his father, but in order to avoid being compared to him, he began to paint rustic scenes and seascapes in which the figures
become the main focus of the painting.
Having gone to Brittany to recharge his batteries, he returned with studies of rocks and low tides that would lead to the painting "The Winnowers of Kérity," a work awarded a medal at the 1868 Salon. In 1874, he sent to the Salon "The Saint-Siméon Farm in Spring, Vicinity of Honfleur" and "The Road in the Forest of Fontainebleau," two paintings so remarkable that he was awarded another medal by the jury, a medal that placed him Hors Concours (outside the competition) at the age of 29. The critics were effusive in their praise, and the journalist Jules Antoine Castagnary wrote of "The Saint-Siméon Farm" that "there is more than just light: there is freshness and a true springtime scent."
In 1875, he presented a true masterpiece, "The Valley of Scie, near Dieppe." With this painting, he broke away from his father's style; his palette brightened, his brushstrokes became lighter, and air now circulated freely in his canvases. It is the painting of a moment, an impression; abandoning the romantic vision of the 1830s, he created a more natural, luminous style, less focused on effects and more concerned with values.
He inherited from his father a love of the aquatic environment, and also took up the theme of estuaries, with their languid waters shimmering with reflections, their low houses on the banks, their tall sailing ships, and the low, gray skies from which a shower escapes between bursts of sunshine. His work features a chromatic palette of muted, solid hues, broken by the luminous burst of sunlight rendered in thick impasto with skillful brushstrokes.
A modest artist, Karl Daubigny did not seek glory, nor even the recognition of his masters; he always remained aloof from the struggles and competitions of the schools. He had no other desire than to deepen his art and pursued no other goal than the faithful interpretation of nature in all its splendor.
Museums:
Musée d'Orsay
Luxembourg Museum
Museum of Aix-France
Amiens Museum
Bayonne Museum
Brest Museum
Museum The Hague
Honfleur Museum
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