This oil painting, "Allier Landscape" is of Allier River valley in central France. It was exhibited in the Realist section of Salon des Independants, founded in 1884 in Paris. Brudieux exhibited 2 paintings in the 1967 salon. There is a label from the exhibition on the verso.
The Salon des Indépendants (held since 1950 at the Grand Palais in Paris) had about 3,000 members at the turn of the 21st century. Many have received international acclaim for their role in avant-garde art movements. The Salon des Indépendants is now only one of many outlets for new art in Paris, along with the Salon d’Automne, Salon de Mai, Salon de la Jeune Peinture, and Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, among others.