Jules Besson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Besson

painter

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1868

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.
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).