Léon Belly

Léon Auguste Adolphe Belly (1827–1877) was a French landscape painter.

Life Belly was born at St. Omer, in 1827. He studied under Troyon, and in 1849 visited Barbizon where he came under the influence of Théodore Rousseau.

Works His paintings include:

Twilight in November. Fishers of équilles. The Desert of Nassoub. 1857. The Plain of Djyseh. Pilgrims going to Mecca, ("Pèlerins allant à la Mecque") 1861. Paris, Musée d'Orsay. The Banks of the Nile ("Bords du Nil (Vieux Caire), Barques"}. Saint-Omer, Musée de l'hôtel Sandelin. Approach to an Egyptian Village. The Dead Sea ("La Mer morte") 1866. Paris, Musée du quai Branly. The Nile — near Rosetta. Montboulan in Sologne ("le gué de Montboulan, en Sologne"), 1877. Paris, musée d'Orsay.

Gallery