Painting besson (françois, 1904-1987) – hst (oil on canvas) – “les baux, 1969”

Painting besson (françois, 1904-1987) – hst (oil on canvas) – “les baux, 1969”. François besson (listed in lotz) was born in 1904 in lausanne. In 1925, he made strasbourg his chosen homeland. During the interwar period, he spent his years of artistic training in the wake of the école des arts décoratifs, notably with the painter édouard hirth. The second world war was to interrupt these fruitful years: mobilized, then taken prisoner in 1940, he was interned in the “fronstalags” of lorraine before escaping in 1941, taking with him some one hundred and fifty drawings that bear witness to this captive life. Fugitive and exiled in toulouse during the occupation, he continued his work and oriented his painting inspired by cézanne towards the cubist influence in contact with toulouse artists. In 1946, back in strasbourg, he developed for more than thirty years, a marginal and singular work. In the 1970s, he will be noticed in strasbourg, at the time when, under the influence of significant trips to morocco or mexico, he realizes the synthesis of all his pictorial research in his last works. Net weight in kg: 1. Dimensions in cm: framed: height 34.5 and width 39.5. Without the frame: height 22.5 and width 27.5. Thickness or depth (total) 5. Shipping cost – delivery by la poste, colissimo suivi with insurance: metropolitan france €12.00, european union €22.00, united kingdom €25.00, europe outside eu €30.00, america, africa, asia & oceania €50.00. The buyer can also collect the painting on site. Our objects are packaged with the greatest care. We thank you for your great trust.