François Bellec

François-Paul-Albert-Robert Bellec is a rear-admiral, writer and French painter, born with Brest the November 24th 1934.

Biography

Between with the Naval college in 1954 while following the courses of Art schools, it made an atypical activity of occupying naval officer of the assignments on sea and ground, of painter through the seas until the decree of the President of the Republic of the December 7th 1979 which fixes it at Paris, detached to undertake a new career of conservative there, as director of the Musée of the Navy and develops its Breton establishments of the Château of Brest and the Citadel of Port-Louis between 1980 and 1997.
It is official Peintre of the Navy since 1975, founding member in 2003 and general secretary of the group of the 20 Writers of the Navy, member of the Académie of Navy, the Academy of Science of overseas, Sociétaire of the National company of the Art schools, administrator of the Société of Geography, member of the Company of the Explorers, member of the management committee of the Association of the writers of French language, member of the association of the writers combatants, administrator-treasurer of the oceanographical Institut of Monaco - Foundation Albert I {{er}} of Monaco, member of the Yacht-club of France and vice-president federation of the historical living rooms.

It carries out 12 video films on the maritime history. He wrote a score of books, contributed has about thirty collective and encyclopedic works and many articles on the history of navigation, of the discoveries, the exploration of the world, the maritime painting of inspiration and the sailors of which several were translated into German, American and Portuguese. He is the author of many conferences on the sea and art in France and throughout the world, in particular with the the United States, in Russia, China, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia.

Familiar of the Breton ports that he knows since the last years of the veil to work, he is indexed in the dictionary Bénézit and the repertories Akoun and Artprice.

Professional path

1946 : during its secondary studies, it follows the course of Jean Lachaud to the École of the Art schools of Brest. The first price of painting in 1947 receives.
1954 - 1956: Raise Naval college
1956: Teach vessel
1960: start to expose regularly to the living rooms of Brittany and the living room of the Navy.
1962 : Lieutenant
1966: first personal exposure to Brest.
1969: Ordering the patrol craft Dunkirk the
1970: the Néocalédonien museum exposes its slaves to Noumea. Lieutenant commander.
1973 : Ordering the fast escort ship Burgundian the
1975: , Principal private secretary commander of the maritime police chief of the 2nd maritime area
1975 - 1983: approved painter of the navy, directs and renews the review West with Brest. Painted ornamental panels for ten units of the national marine.
1977 : Ordering the sloop escort ship Doudet de Lagrée
1979: with the Staff of the navy
1979 - 1997: director of the Public corporation of the Museum of the Navy
1980: guest of honor of the living room of the armies.
1981 : Captain
1987: admitted with the National company of the Art schools in the capacity as Member.
1988 : elected official foreign member associated with the section Art-Letter-Sciences of the Académia de Marinha of the Portugal. Elected official chair association of the official Painters of the French Navy.
1989 : titular painter of the armies (marine).
1990 : Rear-admiral
1993: elected official member of the section History-Letter-Arts of the Academy of Navy to replace Roger Chain.
1994 : price arts, sciences, letters.
1995 :the war memorial of AEN to the Naval college designs.
1996 : Member of the committee of the National company of the Art schools
1997: elected official member of the cultural committee of the French commission of UNESCO. Elected official regular member of the 5th section (Teaching-Literature-Archeology-Beautiful Arts) of the Academy of Science of overseas to replace Bernard Zehrfuss perpetual secretary of the Academy of beam-arts.
1998 : the crypt of the memory to the Naval college designs. Member of the higher Commission of the historic buildings. Elected official honorary president of the association of the official Painters of the Marine Française.Administrateur-treasurer of the oceanographical Institute of Monaco - Foundation Albert Ier of Monaco
1999: carry out with Djibouti a ornamental panel in the residence of the commander of the French forces.
2000 : vice-president of the Academy of navy.
2001 : price Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and price town of Barbizon.
2002 : Crédit Mutuel retrospective of Bretagne.vice-president of the National company of the Art schools
2002 - 2004: chair Académie of Navy.
2003 : general secretary of the writers of marine.
2004 : chair National company of the Art schools.
2006 : honorary president of the festival delivers and sea and president of the jury of the price deliver and sea Henri Queffelec.

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