Paul-Albert Besnard

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Paul-Albert Besnard

Born in : Paris, 1849 - Dead in : Paris, 1934
Prix de Rome : Paris - France 1874
Resident of the Villa Médicis : Rome - Italy from 1875 to 1878
Membre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts : France 1912
Directeur de l'Académie de France : Rome - Italy 1913
Membre de l'Académie française : France 1924

Paul-Albert Besnard studied with Jean Bremond and was influenced by Alexandre Cabanel. He won the Prix de Rome in 1874 with the painting Death of Timophanes.

Biography

Until about 1880 he followed the academic tradition, but then broke away completely, and devoted himself to the study of colour and light as conceived by the impressionists. The realism of this group never appealed to his bold imagination, but he applied their technical method to ideological and decorative works on a

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Studied under Alexandre Cabanel

Achievement

Orsay Museum

Original artist

Cygne sur le lac d'Annecy
Stained glass
Henri Carot, Paul-Albert Besnard
(1890)

Artist

Une famille
Painting
Paul-Albert Besnard
(1890)

Portrait de madame Jourdain, femme du peintre
Painting
Paul-Albert Besnard
(1885)

Work(s)' related

Orsay Museum

Model

Une famille
Painting
Paul-Albert Besnard
(1890)