BESSE, André (Paris- France 1922 – 2004) The artist-painter André Raymond Besse died in Montreal on June 26, 2004, at the age of 81.

He is the son of Raymond Besse, a renowned painter of the time. After is studies were cut short by the war, he began a theatrical career.

Dictionnaire des artistes de l’objet d’art au Québec. (Https://artistesduquebec.ca/)
Besse, André (1922–
Thèmes picturaux
Scène urbaine ou rurale
Associations
FAGP
UCF
Formation académique
Autodidacte
Guides et dictionnaires
Bruens, 200 visions p. 400 et 401
Bruens, Investir 3 p. 135
De Roussan 1995
Guide Vallée 1993 p. 201

In painting, he is self-taught.

He began to paint in 1958. From is debut, he succeeded in exhibiting in established places, among them were: Club des clubs, Saint-Augustin Street in Paris, Château de Blois, Galerie Saint-Rustique in Paris and the Galerie d’art Alain Durvil in Barbizon. He participated regularly at the Salon officiel des artistes français and at the salon d’hiver du Grand Palais in Paris. He received amembership from the Fédération des artistes graphiques et plastiques and from the Union des Créateurs français. Then, in 1964, he came to Canada and met his future wife, a women from Montréal, and applied for Canadian citizenship. Since then, he has participated in several individual and group exhibitions, among them the galleries: Michel de Kerbour, Québec; Minigal, Montréal; La Malbais, Saint-Sauveur des Monts and in California.