Serge Belloni (1925-2005) Le peintre de Paris" - The Quays of the Seine in Paris oil on canvas

Serge Belloni (1925-2005) Le peintre de Paris" - The Quays of the Seine in Paris oil on canvas circa 1960

Serge Belloni, nicknamed Le Peintre de Paris, devoted his life as a painter to transcribing the face of Paris, day after day, in all weathers.

This beautiful painting shows a view of the Quays of the Seine in Paris. Serge Belloni is particularly fond of autumn, the beginning of winter and trees stripped of their leaves, enabling him to show the architecture and soul of beautiful Paris.

This painting is similar to the one presented in the book Serge Belloni, Le Peintre de Peintre de Paris for the exhibition at the Musée Galiera.

Beautiful oil on canvas signed lower left Serge Belloni circa 1960.

Dimensions unframed : Height 60 cm - Length 81 cm.
Dimensions with frame : Height 84 cm - Length 105 cm.

In good condition, in its original carved wooden frame.

Biography :

Serge Belloni (1925-2005), known as Le Peintre de Paris, was born in Piacenza, Italy, on February 25, 1925, and died in Menton on October 28, 2005.

He was the son of upholsterer Luigi Belloni and Elvira Belloni née Molinari.

He arrived in Paris in 1933, where he studied painting at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

In 1946, at the age of 21, he organized his first exhibition in Paris. From then on, he lived solely and uncompromisingly from his painting, carrying, as he likes to say, his cross every day. He works every day, in every season, without ever stopping, as if life were slipping away from him at every moment. He works in all weathers. He paints "on the spot".

Numerous trips to Holland enabled him to study the secrets of the Flemish masters.
He worked on rediscovering ancient techniques, which he continued to perfect. He uses the egg painting technique.

Museums :

Serge Belloni's paintings can be found in the most important collections: Paris, Milan, Moscow, New York...

Premier prix de peinture à Versailles (1949), Prix Marie Bashkirtseff (1952), Médaille d'argent de la Ville de Paris, Médaille de vermeil de la Ville de Paris (1980).

Musée Carnavalet, Paris, where several of these works are held.
CA' Pesaro Museum, Venice.

Bernard de Montgolfier - General Inspector of Paris Museums - Chief Curator of the Carnavalet Museum

Ever since the Renaissance, Paris has found painters capable of scrutinizing its permanent or fleeting face, and transmitting it to posterity. As we can see at Carnavalet, the city of the 17th century lives on for us thanks to Abraham de Verwer and other urban landscape specialists whose names are not known to us. The Paris of Louis XV and Louis XVI was faithfully represented by Grevenbroeck, Raguenet, P.A. de Machy and Hubert Robert. During the Romantic period, the spectacle of the capital inspired Bouhot, Canella and many lesser masters, as well as Corot and Georges Michel. In the second half of the 19th century, Paris had a number of Impressionists as interpreters, alongside Lépine, Jongkind and observers such as Jean Béraud and Luigi Loir. Closer to home, the tradition was continued by Bonnard, Marquet and Utrillo. It would be a pity if, nowadays, the dictatorship of non-figurative art and the convenient use of photography - however interesting its contribution - had the effect of dissuading good painters from taking Paris as their model. The Paris of the second half of the twentieth century must also have its interpreters, for the face of the city remains an inexhaustible theme, susceptible to many variations according to the personality of the artists. Serge Belloni's work provides a courageous and convincing answer to the question "Why still paint Paris?

Born in Italy, Serge Belloni likes to plant his easel along the canals and in front of the pink facades of Venice, whose timeless poetry he knows how to translate. He has also created a genre of paintings of flowers on a golden background. But it's clearly from Paris, where he's settled, that he most readily draws his inspiration. While unashamedly adhering to the age-old tradition of the cityscape, Serge Belloni rejuvenates it with the personal sensitivity of his eye, an attentive gaze that reveals a great deal of love. He has worked in many Parisian locations. From Belleville and Montmartre, with their old walls and rugged streets, he has captured the discreet, slightly melancholy poetry. The Porte Saint-Denis, the Bagatelle rose garden, some old bistro in the center are among the various subjects that tempted his curiosity. But he makes no secret of his predilection for the landscape that has always been the glory of Paris: that of the Seine, with its harmonious curve, its islands and banks, its bridges and quays, and the monuments that line its course from Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower. This long-cherished landscape

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