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Magnificent work by Pierre DE BELAY using brush, Indian ink, pencil and watercolor ( 1890-1947).
"le nu" from 1926 signed and dated lower left. art-deco style, very modern. original work
Dimensions: height 51.5 cm x width 37 cm,
nicely framed.
Pierre Savigny de Belay or Pierre de Belay, born December 12, 1890 in rue des Boucheries, Quimper, France, died June 30, 1947 in Ostend, Belgium, was a French painter.
Public collections
His works are held in many French museums, including Avignon; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux; Concarneau; Musée Eugène-Boudin, Honfleur; Mantes-la-Jolie; Morlaix, Musée des Jacobins, Morlaix; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes; Orléans; Musée de Montmartre and Ordre des Avocats du Barreau de Paris, Paris; musée bigouden, Pont-l'Abbé; musée départemental breton and musée des beaux-arts, Quimper; musée des beaux-arts, Rennes; Rodez; musée des beaux-arts, Rouen; Saint Denis; musée de l'Échevinage, Saintes; musée Lambinet, Versailles; musée du château, Vitré.In 1945, the Musée de Versailles bought a portrait of Max Jacob from him.
Musée des beaux-arts de Brest
Some of his works are also on display in foreign museums: in Brussels and Ostend, Belgium; in Geneva, Switzerland; and in San Francisco, United States.
Tributes
Several towns in Brittany have named streets after him, including Audierne, Bénodet, Concarneau, Douarnenez, Lesconil and Pipriac.
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