Michel-Bruno Bellengé
Michel-Bruno Bellengé (1726 – 13 December 1793) was a French painter. Bellengé was one of the first students of the Rouen School founded by Jean-Baptiste Descamps. He won three awards there between 1748 and 1751.
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Michel-Bruno Bellengé

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- Born
- 1726 · Rouen.
- Died
- 1793 · Rouen.
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- France
- Occupation
- painter · scientific illustrator
- Education
- École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen
- Languages
- French
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Michel-Bruno Bellengé (1726 – 13 December 1793) was a French painter. Bellengé was one of the first students of the Rouen School founded by Jean-Baptiste Descamps. He won three awards there between 1748 and 1751.
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Born at Rouen in 1726, died in Rouen in 1793.
Michel-Bruno Bellengé studied at École supérieure d'art et design Le Havre-Rouen. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Work by Michel-Bruno Bellengé is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Blumenkorb mit hängenden Traubengirlanden. Öl auf Leinwand. 94 × 136 cm
Circle of Michel-Bruno Bellengé · kollerauktionen.ch

Blumenkorb mit hängenden Traubengirlanden. Öl auf Leinwand. 94 × 136 cm
Circle of Michel-Bruno Bellengé · kollerauktionen.ch
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- 1.Diderot le cite - mais la notice est laconique - dans son Salon de 1763 : « Peintre de légumes, de fleurs, de fruits, et victime de Chardin. » Puisque, selon le salonnier qu'était Diderot, il était difficile voire impossible de rivaliser avec Chardin en matière de nature morte. (Édition Hermann, p. 241).
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- Théodore-Éloi Lebreton, Biographie rouennaise, Rouen, Le Brument, 1865, .
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