Jean Besancenot
French painter
Jean Besancenot, born as Jean Girard, was a French painter, documentary photographer, and self-trained ethnographer, active mainly during the 1930s and 1940s in the French protectorate in Morocco. Wikipedia
Born: September 24, 1902, Estrées-Saint-Denis, France
Died: July 27, 1992 (age 89 years), Bry-sur-Marne, France
Books: Costumes of Morocco
Jean Besancenot born as Jean Girard, was a French painter, documentary photographer, and self-trained ethnographer, active mainly during the 1930s and 1940s ...
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Dec 12, 2019 · Jean Besancenot's photographs, taken from 1934 to 1937, are a priceless record of rural Jewish communities in Morocco no longer in existence ...
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The photographer and ethnologist Jean Besancenot, born in 1902, studied painting and French regional dress at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.