Rene Charles Bellanger (french 1895-1964) "Paysage" Oil on Paper laid on Canvas. Signed lower right. A French Village most likely in the Seine-et-Marne region. In a french gilt wood frame with liner. PROVENANCE: A Paris, France and Charleston, SC Private Collection. A childhood proteee of Diogene Ulysse Napoleon Maillart, Rene-Charles Bellanger subsequently studied industrial and decorative design while continuing to paint for his own pleasure. He fought throughout World War I, after which he settled in Dreux, from where he travelled throughout the Ile de France region, especially the area of Seine-et-Marne) in search of landscapes. In 1923, he became an associate of Montezin, who introduced him to the group known as the French landscape artists (Paysagistes français), with whom he frequently painted out-of-doors, notably in the countryside around Granville. Bellanger exhibited regularly with the Salon des Independants, of which he became a member in 1927, and the Societe des Artistes Français, of which he also became a member in 1927, and whose silver medal he received in 1936. He was a close associate of Abel Bertram, Valtat and Vlaminck, but ceased painting during the German occupation of France in World War II. After 1945, he travelled once again, throughout France, Italy and Spain. He held one-man shows in Strasbourg (1932, 1934), Paris (1954, 1959, 1960, 1961), Rouen (1959), at the Musee d'Orleans (1960), and in Chartres (1964). Posthumous exhibitions of his work were held in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants of 1965, 1967 and 1979, and at the municipal museum in Dreux (1966, 1982, 1995).Stretcher 10 4/4 x 8 1/2. In frame 16x14x2 1/4. 2 pds 11 oz

loss to gilt paint on frame.