George Besson

{{Short description|French art critic}} {{see also|Besson (disambiguation)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=November 2024}} {{Expand French|topic=bio|date=December 2024}} }}

'''George Besson''' (25 December 1882 – 19 June 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |title=BESSON George |url=https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/auteur/besson-george |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Archives de la critique d'Art |language=fr-FR}}</ref> 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''.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portrait de George Besson |url=https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/c4rjrER |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Centre Pompidou |language=en-EN}}</ref> 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.

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