Word: besnard
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Paul Albert Besnard (TIME, April 21) visited Boston where they were the guests of Mrs. John L. Gardner at Fenway Court. At a dinner at the Women's City Club, Mme. Besnard, artist and philosopher, delivered an address on The Continuity of Art on the Globe Since the First Appearance of Man. Under this comprehensive title, she discussed the various periods of artistic development and their relation to the cycle of Art. The Besnards have remarked particularly on the work of Winslow Homer, George Bellows, Arthur B. Davies...
...preliminary to the forthcoming International Exhibition at Pittsburgh, Paul Albert Besnard, who is to serve on the jury there, is holding exhibitions of paintings at Knoedler's, and etchings at Keppel's both in Manhattan. Besnard, little known to Americans, is considered by many to be the Dean of French painters. In 1890 he seceded from the Société National des Beaux-Arts-from the Société des Artistes Français; thus he was considered a radical, although he was carefully trained in technique. Besnard is President of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...