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Albert Besnard

Albert Besnard

Artist

WA-00026223

PrintmakingSymbolism

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

197

Works in Collection

201

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ424348 ULAN500030831

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Si�cle Prints

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/533
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Albert Besnard was a French painter, printmaker, and muralist whose work bridged academic figure painting and Symbolist decoration across large-scale public and private commissions throughout France and Europe. Active from the 1870s into the early twentieth century, he brought a luminous, atmospheric quality to both etching and lithography as well as to his easel paintings. His oeuvre encompassed portraiture, mural schemes, and decorative ensembles executed in a distinctly Symbolist idiom.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (197)

Birth Announcement for Anne-Élisabeth Besnard (Carte de naissance d'Anne-Élisabeth Besnard)

Birth Announcement for Anne-Élisabeth Besnard (Carte de naissance d'Anne-Élisabeth Besnard)

1922 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 17.2 x 11.9 cm (6 3/4 x 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 13.5 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Lute Player (La joueuse de luth)

The Lute Player (La joueuse de luth)

1922 · etching, drypoint, and printed tone on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 20.9 x 26.9 cm (8 1/4 x 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 25.3 x 33.4 cm (9 15/16 x 13 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Lute Player (La joueuse de luth)

The Lute Player (La joueuse de luth)

1922 · etching in black and brown on laid paper

plate: 20.6 x 26.9 cm (8 1/8 x 10 9/16 in.) sheet: 28.2 x 43.3 cm (11 1/8 x 17 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Peppina

1919 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 13.9 x 10.9 cm (5 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 22.7 x 14.2 cm (8 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Peppina

1919 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 13.9 × 10.7 cm (5 1/2 × 4 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 17.1 × 13.3 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Peppina

1919 · etching with graphite additions on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 13.9 x 10.8 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 17.2 x 13.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sorrow (Chagrin)

Sorrow (Chagrin)

1919 · etching and aquatint on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 13.9 x 10.7 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.) sheet: 17.2 x 13.2 cm (6 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Pompilia

1919 · etching and aquatint on laid paper

plate: 13.9 x 10.8 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.) sheet: 17.1 x 13.4 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Self-Portrait

1919 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 14.7 × 10.7 cm (5 13/16 × 4 3/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 26.1 × 18.3 cm (10 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Georges Clemenceau

Georges Clemenceau

1917 · drypoint on laid paper

plate: 29.4 x 23.4 cm (11 9/16 x 9 3/16 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 26.2 cm (13 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on BFK Rives laid paper

plate: 30.6 x 24.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 38.6 x 30.7 cm (15 3/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 30.6 x 24.8 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 38.4 x 30.7 cm (15 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 30.8 x 25 cm (12 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 33 x 25.5 cm (13 x 10 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on Arches laid paper

plate: 30.7 x 24.7 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 34 x 27.1 cm (13 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint with black ink additions on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 30.8 x 25 cm (12 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 32.8 x 25.1 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 30.3 x 24.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 35.3 x 28.8 cm (13 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on Fabriano wove paper

plate: 30.7 x 24.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 48.6 x 33.1 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and dry point on Fabriano wove paper

plate: 30.7 x 24.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.) sheet: 48.6 x 33.1 cm (19 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Jules Destrée

1917 · etching and drypoint on laid paper

plate: 30.7 x 24.7 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 33.4 x 26.2 cm (13 1/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio

1917 · etching with plate tone on Van Gelder laid paper

plate: 29.9 x 23.8 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.) sheet: 32.7 x 26.8 cm (12 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Pope Benedict XV (Benoit XV)

Pope Benedict XV (Benoit XV)

1917 · etching and aquatint on wove paper

plate: 29.7 x 23.7 cm (11 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 32.5 x 25.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

1917 · etching, drypoint, and printed tone on Arches laid paper

plate: 30.3 x 24.7 cm (11 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 35.7 x 28.5 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

1917 · etching, drypoint, and printed tone on laid paper

plate: 30.9 x 24.8 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.) sheet: 32.6 x 25.4 cm (12 13/16 x 10 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (La Reine Élisabeth de Belgique)

1917 · etching on laid paper

plate: 30.7 x 24.6 cm (12 1/16 x 9 11/16 in.) sheet: 41.4 x 33.6 cm (16 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

197 published of 198 catalogued · 196 with image

Nga
158 published158 img
Art Institute Chicago
26 published26 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Zelfportret
1896 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Naakte vrouw aan het toilet
1859 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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3ièm Emprunt National de la Défense. Souscrivez pour hater la paix par la victoire.
1917 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Siesta
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Robert Besnard and His Donkey (Robert Besnard et son âne)
1888 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Madeleine Lerolle and Her Daughter Yvonne
1879 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Familieportret in close-up
1890 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Woman with a Cape
1889 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Dancer
1895 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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In the Ashes
1887 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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Woman's Head (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman's Head (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Women of the Nineties: Fin-de-Si�cle Prints

New York · 1979

Group Exhibition Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

New York · 1977