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Clément Brun

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Market Stall at the Place Pie, Avignon
View of Martigues

Gérard Clément-Brun (11 September 1865, in Avignon – 11 March 1920, in Avignon) was a French portrait and cityscape painter. Some sources give his year of birth as 1867 or 1868.

Biography

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He began his studies at the École des Beaux-Arts d'Avignon, under the tutelage of Pierre Grivolas, who advised him to study in Paris. There, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied with William Bouguereau and Tony Robert-Fleury. Later, he entered the Académie Julian, where his instructors were Gabriel Ferrier and Jules Joseph Lefebvre

Upon returning to Avignon, he established and chaired the Groupe des Treize [fr] which, among many others, included the painters Lina Bill [fr], Jules Flour [fr], Joseph Hurard [fr], Alfred Lesbros and Joseph Meissonnier. They held their first exhibit in 1912 at the Hôtel de Ville d'Avignon (City Hall)[1]

In 1913, he obtained a silver medal at the Salon with his painting Le Raccommodeur de faïence (The Earthenware Mender)[2]

A large collection of his works may be seen at the Musée Calvet in Avignon.

References

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  1. ^ Jacques Marseille (sous la direction de), Dictionnaire de la Provence et de la Côte d'Azur, Éd. Larousse, Paris, 2002. ISBN 2-03-575105-5
  2. ^ René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, Vol.1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, p.301

Further reading

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  • André Alauzen and Laurent Noet; Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Jeanne Laffitte, 2006 ISBN 978-2-86276-441-2
  • Raphaël Mérindol, "La vie et l'œuvre de Clément Brun", In: Revue Avignon, Rhône et Comtat, #3, June 1986, pp. 39–54
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