Galerie Besson existed in London's West End from 1988 until 2011. The gallery mounted over 200 exhibitions in its 23 year history, 118 of which are illustrated on the pages below.
List of exhibitions from 1988 - 1998 (most not illustrated)
1998 |
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Christmas Exhibition | Dec |
Bodil Manz | Oct Nov |
Ryoji Koie: New Work in Porcelain | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition: Three Potters | July Aug |
Bernard Dejonghe: Ceramics and Glass | May Jun |
Claudi Casanovas: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition | Mar May |
Gallery Pots | Jan Feb |
1997 |
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Jim Malone | Nov Dec |
Jennifer Lee | Oct Nov |
David Leach & Jessamine Kendall | Sep Oct |
Edmund de Waal | Jul Aug |
Alev Siesbye | Jun Jul |
Sara Radstone | Apr May |
Hans Coper | Mar Apr |
Lucie Rie | Feb Mar |
1996 |
|
John Maltby: Kings, Queens and Angels | Nov Dec |
Claudi Casanovas: Teabowls | Oct Nov |
Pictures and Pots | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Jul Sep |
Paul Soldner | Jun Jul |
African Tribal Art | May |
Gordon Baldwin | Mar Apr |
Gallery Pots I & II | Jan Mar |
1995 |
|
Elizabeth Raeburn: Tiles and Pots | Nov Dec |
Danish Pots and their Influence: Group Show | Oct Nov |
Lucie Rie: A tribute from her friends | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Aug |
Gutte Eriksen | Jun Jul |
Jennifer Lee | May Jun |
David Leach | Mar Apr |
Margaret ORorke: Light Sculptures | Mar |
Gallery Pots | Jan Feb |
1994 |
|
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper | Nov Dec |
Colin Pearson | Oct |
Ulla Hansen | Sep |
Summer Exhibition | Jul Sep |
Shiro Tsujimura | May Jul |
Jim Malone | Apr May |
Ewen Henderson | Mar Apr |
The Tea and Coffee Exhibition | Feb Mar |
1993 |
|
Christmas Exhibition | Dec Jan |
Claudi Casanovas | Oct Nov |
Sebastian Blackie | Sept Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Aug Sep |
Lucie Rie and Hans Coper | Jun Jul |
Pompeo Pianezzola | Apr Jun |
Ian Godfrey: 1942-1992 A Celebration | Mar Apr |
2 Danish Potters | Jan Feb |
1992 |
|
Christmas Exhibition | Dec Jan |
Ewen Henderson | Nov Dec |
Jennifer Lee | Oct |
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: Still Lives | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Aug |
Elizabeth Raeburn | Jul |
Alev Siesbye | May Jun |
Lucie Rie: 90th Birthday Exhibition Part II | Apr May |
Lucie Rie: 90th Birthday Exhibition Part I | Mar Apr |
Mo Jupp | Jan Feb |
1991 |
|
Christmas Exhibition | Dec Jan |
Ryoji Koie | Oct Nov |
Tatsuzo Shimaoka | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Aug Sep |
Claudi Casanovas | Jun Jul |
Elspeth Owen | May |
John Maltby | Mar Apr |
Selection from a Private Collection | Feb Mar |
Gallery Pots | Jan |
1990 |
|
Domestic Ware by Artist Potters | Nov Dec |
Vladimr Tsivin: First London Exhibition | Oct Nov |
Ewen Henderson | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Aug |
Lucie Rie | Jun Jul |
Jennifer Lee | May Jun |
Geoffrey Whiting Retrospective | April |
Gutte Eriksen | Mar Apr |
Prehistoric, Anglo-Saxon & Medieval Pots | Feb Mar |
1989 |
|
Claudi Casanovas | Nov Dec |
Elizabeth Fritsch | Oct Nov |
Ian Godfrey | Sep |
Summer Exhibition | Jul Aug |
Lucie Rie: White Pots | May Jul |
Elizabeth Raeburn | Apr May |
8 Danish Potters | Feb Mar |
1988 |
|
Christmas Exhibition | Nov Dec |
Hans Coper | Oct Nov |
Ewen Henderson | Sep Oct |
Summer Exhibition | Jul Sep |
Claudi Casanovas: First London Exhibition | Jun Jul |
Opening Exhibition: Lucie Rie | Apr Jun |
JACQUELINE LERAT
Mar 2011
GERTRUD VASEGAARD
Feb 2011
ELIZABETH RAEBURN
Nov - Dec 2010
GWYN HANSSEN PIGOTT
Jun - Jul 2010
LUCIE RIE
May - Jun 2010
THREE DANISH POTTERS
Mar - Apr 2010
JOSLYN TILSON
Jan 2010
CLAUDI CASANOVAS
Oct 2009
CERAMICS FROM FINLAND
Sep 2009
SHOZO MICHIKAWA
Jul - Aug 2009
COLLINGWOOD - COPER
Jun - Jul 2009
POTS FOR LIGHT
Apr - May 2009
HOWARD SMITH
Mar 2009
PRISCILLA MOURITZEN, RIITTA TALONPOIKA & ANNIE TURNER
Nov - Dec 2008
CLAUDI CASANOVAS
Works from Japan
Oct 2008
BETTY WOODMAN
June - July 2008
JENNIFER LEE
April - May 2008