Albert Besnard

"Etude" original etching

1897

Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1910 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 9 3/8 x 7 inches (238 x 178 mm...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1908 and published in Paris by Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 7 x 5 1/2 inches (180 x 140 mm). A rich, dark impression on laid pap...

Medium: original lithograph. Published in Paris in 1904 by Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. This impression was printed on china paper, and mounted along the top edge by the publish...

Medium: original etching. Published in Paris in 1897 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Catalogue reference: Sanchez & Seydoux 1897-13. A lovely impression in sanguine ink printed on cream w...

Beautiful print in black bister on verge, in excellent conditions, signed by the artist in pencil. Three very small traces of glue on margin of sheet on verso. Full margins. Ref. Cat...

Beautiful print on verge, 1st state on 3 after which several changes were made. Numbered, signed and noted in pencil by the artist. Full Margins. Former Collection Henri Prost and Lo...

Dans les Cendres (In the embers). 1887. Delteil catalog 67 state iii. State after the plate was cut down and a second figure eliminated (the two earlier states are of the greatest rarity). Etching, drypoint and roulette. 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 (sheet 19 1/2 x 14). Edition 50. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 9 (1921): 254. A very rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr, printed on simili-japon. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. This is one of the artist's most striking images. Signed in pencil. Housed in 25 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Paul Albert Besnard, was an impressionist painter. In 1866, the seventeen-year-old son of artist parents began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts Paris. In 1874, Besnard won the important Prix de Rome, with which the academy distinguished young talent. A portion of the scholarship is a stay of several years in Rome. Besnard married Charlotte Dubray, a sculptress, during this time in Rome. The couple lived in England, where Besnard exhibited at the Royal Academy London, between 1881 and 1884. He became involved with English portrait painting during this period, which had a lasting influence on his work. In the years that followed, Besnard broke with the academic tradition. In 1886, he presented the portrait of Madame Roger Jourdain...

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...