A full-length nude figure study by Georges Besson. The artist was active as an amateur from 1902-10 and exhibited in the (Photo Club de Paris?) Salons of 1902, 1904-1906, 1908. (Poivert-Le Pictorialism en France, p. 98)

George Besson: 1882-1971

George Besson was a French art critic, and the founder and director of Cahiers d’Aujourd’hui. His wife Adèle was the subject of Pierre-Auguste Renoir‘s Portrait of Adèle Besson, and he was the subject of Pierre Bonnard‘s Portrait de George Besson, amongst other pieces. In 1971 the Bessons donated their art collection to the French state, the musée de Besançon and the musée Albert-André in Bagnols-sur-Cèze. -Wikipedia (2024)