Albert Paul Besnard was a French painter and etcher, born in Paris on June 2, 1849. His work revealed adherence to French academic tradition mingled with contemporary influences, especially English. Some of his early works, such as "Procession des Seigneurs de Vauhallan" displayed a romanticized classicism derived from Ingres, of whom he was a pupil.
Besnard seems to have originated the technique in his works of suggesting form by coarse cross-hatching while omitting the closed line.
Albert Besnard also made many impressive portraits in oils, etching and pastels. He also did frescoes in the Ecole de Pahrmacie and the Nouvelle Sorbonne.
Besnard was director of the French Academy from 1913-1921 in Rome and of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris after 1922. Besnard died in Paris in 1934.
The picture at right is a portrait done by Albert Benard entitled: "Madame Roger Jourdain"
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