Schule von Siena
Art historian Marta Garsd has cited Carballo as being the primary influence on Bessouet's painting, including the introduction of the works of the Sienese School. The Sienese School influenced the "delicate line and color, and jewel-like surfaces," that were noted in Bessouet's work, alongside the female nude. She has found additional inspiration in the work of Marcel Schwob, with a specific interest in the emotional components of Schwob's work versus the artistic merits. Garsd describes Bessouet's work as being on the verge of abstraction and figurative art and on the verge of modernism along the style of Lino Eneas Spilimbergo. In 1971, Bessouet was awarded the grand prize for a female new drawing from the Argentine Academy of Arts.