Jules Besson
Jules Gustave Besson (1 August 1868 in Paris –?) was a French painter. He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Élie Delaunay, and particularly Gustave Moreau at the Beaux-Arts, Paris, but did not follow his teacher's style. In his fifties he moved to Indochina.
Also recorded as Jules Gustave Besson · Jules-Gustave Besson · J. G. Besson
Jules Besson
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- France
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- painter
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- Beaux-Arts de Paris
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- Alexandre Cabanel · Jules-Élie Delaunay · Gustave Moreau
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- French
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Jules Gustave Besson (1 August 1868 in Paris –?) was a French painter. He was a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Élie Delaunay, and particularly Gustave Moreau at the Beaux-Arts, Paris, but did not follow his teacher's style. In his fifties he moved to Indochina.
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He won the Prix de l'Indochine in 1925 and in 1926 succeeded André Joyeux as director of the école d'arts appliqués at Gia Dinh. His students in Saigon were not as numerous or as influential as those of his contemporary Victor Tardieu at the EBAI in Hanoi, but their works left a vivid record of life in the south of Vietnam and Cambodia. The school also encouraged the students in the art of photography. He was succeeded at the school by the third director, Stéphane Brecq (1894–1955).
Jules Besson studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Alexandre Cabanel, Jules-Élie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include director. Work by Jules Besson is recorded in the collections of Hermitage Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Musée des beaux-arts de Marseille.
• Au Pays Noir, 1898 - in the industrial English Black Country
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Jules Besson
Deux élégantes boulevard Saint-Germain
Jules-Gustave Besson (1868-1942)
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1868
Jules Besson born at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
1942
Jules Besson died at Ho Chi Minh City.
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10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jules Gustave Besson, Jules-Gustave Besson and J. His recorded language was French. He married Simone Gouzé. Formation and teaching. Besson studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Alexandre Cabanel, Jules-Élie Delaunay and Gustave Moreau.
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