id:			104792
accession number:	1923.1117
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1923.1117
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:52.221000

Study of Heads, 1899. Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934). Etching and aquatint; sheet: 28 x 20 cm (11 x 7 7/8 in.); plate: 16 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King 1923.1117

title:				Study of Heads
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creation date:			1899
creation date earliest:		1899
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Ralph King
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culture:	France, 19th-20th Century
technique:	etching and aquatint
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Coppier 108

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CREATORS

* Albert Besnard (French, 1849–1934)  - artist
Albert Besnard's parents-his father an amateur painter who studied with Ingres (q.v.) and his mother a miniaturist-influenced his early artistic career. In 1866 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied in the ateliers of Jean- François Brémond (1807-1868), who taught the young Besnard fresco painting, and Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), one of the foremost Second Empire academic painters. Besnard first exhibited at the Salon of 1868, which proved to be the beginning of his official success and in 1874 he won the Prix de Rome, an honor that gave him the opportunity to spend four years at the Villa Medici. Besnard's success as a portraitist began in London, where he stayed from 1879 until 1881. He studied seventeenth-century British portrait painters and emulated the British colorists, Turner (q.v.) in particular. Besnard's reputation as a portrait painter followed him back to Paris where he received numerous commissions from prominent figures of the Third Republic (1870-1940). In addition to portrait painting, Besnard was commissioned by the state to paint mural decorations for various public buildings in Paris. He also experimented with different media such as pastel and etching and designed decorations for stained glass. Besnard received numerous awards and was re-cognized by his contemporaries, including the symbolists. He held the directorships of the École de Rome in 1913 and of the École Supérieure Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1923 to 1934.
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measurements: Sheet: 28 x 20 cm (11 x 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 16 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
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edition of the work: 	75

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	description:	cream (3) heavy laid paper
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PROVENANCE

	Ralph King
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