French painter
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
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
^ 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
^ René Édouard-Joseph, Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains , Vol.1, A-E, Art & Édition, 1930, p.301
Further reading
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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