George Besson

{{Short description|French art critic}}

{{see also|Besson (disambiguation)}}

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George Besson (25 December 1882 – 19 June 1971){{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}} 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.,{{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}} 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.