Raymond Thibesart studied under Jules Lefebvre at the Académie Julian in Paris and under Tony Robert-Fleury, Henri Martin and Émile Boggio. He presents an emotional vision of the Normandy landscape, working with vibrant colours, luminous highlights and pastel tones. He exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1897, receiving a silver medal in 1922, at the Salon des Indépendants from 1905 and at the Salon d'Automne. In 2003 his work was featured in the thematic group exhibition Around Impressionism: Nineteen Painters from the School of Normandy ( Autour de l'Impressionnisme: Dix-Neuf Peintres de l'École Normande) at the Maison des Arts, Antony.