Belly, Leon

Léon Auguste Adolphe Belly, a French landscape painter, was born at St. Omer, in 1827. He studied under Troyon and Rousseau. He spent much of the latter part of his life in the East, which furnished him with many subjects. He died in 1877. His best works are: •Twilight in November. •Fishers at Equilles. •The Desert of Nassoub. 1857. •The Plain of Djyseh. •Pilgrims going to Mecca. 1861. {In the Luxembourg Gallery.) (pictured) •The Banks of the Nile. •Approach to an Egyptian Village. •The Dead Sea. 1866. •The Nile — near Rosetta. •Montauban in Sologne. 1877. (In the Luxembourg Gallery)