Félix Bellenot (1892-1963) - The Temptation Of Saint Anthony - Art Deco - School Of Paris - Nude

School of Paris around 1925 depicting the "Temptation of Saint Anthony" by Félix Eugène Bellenot (1892 - 1963). Oil on canvas signed “f. bellenot” at the bottom right.

Dimensions: 55 x 38 cm.

Condition report: Good general condition with natural wear consisting of cracks and lifting stabilized under an old varnish.

Biography: Félix Eugène Bellenot, born February 11, 1892 in Grasse, studied at the Académie Colarossi in Montparnasse from 1920 to 1936. Bellenot frequented André Derain, Charles Despiau and Paul Belmondo. He exhibited at the Salon d'Automne from 1920 to 1930, at the Galerie Chéron in 1925 and at the Salon des Tuileries from 1925 to 1935. He then moved to Morocco until 1961 where he founded the Ecole des Beaux-arts. He died on January 2, 1964 in Monaco. References: Dictionary Bénézit and André Alauzen Di Genova and Laurent Noet, 2006, Dictionary of painters and sculptors of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, Éditions Jeanne Laffitte.