Albert Besnard (French 1849-1934) is unequivocally a successful artist. During his lifetime commissions abound, for private patrons as well as for a variety of administrations. Besnard also works avidly for himself, painting portraits and landscapes alike, often symbolist in nature and inspired by mythological genres. He loves working in pastel, but is mostly remembered as an oil painter. Besnard was also an avid etcher, a realm in which he focused his attention to the modern reality of women, and the darker sides of French society of the Belle Epoque. He left behind approximately 200 etchings, almost always signed, but nearly never numbered.
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Le Bi à Villerville (Robert Besnard) (original French title) Etching on tan wove paper.Reference: Delteil 20 ii/ii. Second and final state.Edition...
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Etching and aquatint on laid paper. References: Godefroy/Delteil 15 iv/vi, Coppier 12.Before the plate was cut down laterally by almost two inches....
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La Dame en Noir (original French title) Etching on old laid paper.Reference: Delteil 97 iii/iii. Third and final state.Edition unknown, but probabl...
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Les Morphinomanes or Le Plumet (original French titles) Etching printed on wove paper.Reference: Delteil 65. Only state.Edition unknown.Signed in...
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Robert Besnard et Son Ane (original French title) Etching, aquatint and drypoint on wove paper.Reference: Delteil 79 iii/iii.Signed and dated in t...
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Etching on laid paper.Reference: Delteil 16.Signed in pencil.
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Etching printed in black ink on thick wove paper.Reference: Delteil 82.Signed and numbered in pencil.Published by "L'Estampe Originale" in 1895.Pro...
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