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Bessonov Boris Vasilyevich

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Main article: Painting in Russia

Boris Vasilyevich Bessonov (1862-1934) - Russian artist, landscape painter.

Biography

The favorite motives of the artist's work were the winter Russian landscape and abandoned noble parks and estates.

Winter Moscow. View of Sorokoslivskaya street, 1910s.
Early spring, 1918

The revolution and civil war forced Boris Bessonov to leave Russia forever. In 1922, he was evacuated to Constantinople, ended up on the island of Lemnos, from there - to France.

In Paris, he got a job in the gallery of L. Gerard, where he exhibited and sold his paintings.

Autumn in the Park

Through the mediation of the gallery, he performed orders for South America and Britain.

Since 1931 he exhibited in the salon of Independents (an association of artists created in Paris in 1884).

The artist's works are stored in the Art Museums of France and England.