Boris Vasilievich Bessonov (1862 - 1934)

Boris Vasilievich Bessonov

Boris Vasilievich Bessonov (Russian: Борис Васильевич Бессонов) was a Russian artist of the late 19th century and the first third of the 20th century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist who worked in France for the last 12 years of his life.

Boris Bessonov was a landscape painter. His favorite motifs in his work, including in exile, were the Russian winter landscape and abandoned noble parks and estates. Today, the artist's paintings are mostly preserved in art museums in France and Great Britain.