Madame Besnard, 1884
Albert Besnardexpand_more
Etching on cream paperexpand_more
The Richard Lewis Hillstrom Fundexpand_more 2016.107
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The French artist Albert Besnard is perhaps best known in Minneapolis for the celebration of his son that John Singer Sargent recorded in his masterpiece, The Birthday Party (see Mia 62.84). Besnard and his wife Charlotte Dubray, both artists, were friends of the American expatriate painter.
Besnard was a successful painter and printmaker. His artistic output was highly varied, ranging from decorative wall murals in public buildings to fashionable portraits and intimate studies. Again and again, he returned to the subject of his family; the museum possesses seven etchings representing his wife and children. This portrait from 1884 depicts Madame Besnard in nearly the identical pose that Sargent used the following year in The Birthday Party.
Details
- Title
- Madame Besnard
- Artist Life
- Paris 1849–Paris 1934
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2016.107
- Provenance
- Pierre Chahine, Chicago (from the 1970s'). Private collection, Chicago; Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago); sold to MIA, 2016.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Delteil/Godefroy 16, Coppier 13
- Curator Approved
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