Albert Besnard's parents-his father an amateur painter who studied with Ingres (q.v.) and his mother a miniaturist-influenced his early artistic career. In 1866, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts where he studied in the ateliers of <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/jean-francois-bremond">Jean- François Brémond</a> (1807-1868), who taught the young Besnard fresco painting, and <a href="