Clément Brun

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

Market Stall at the Place Pie, Avignon
View of Martigues

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 establshed and chaired the Groupe des Treize which, among many others, included the painters Lina Bill, Jules Flour, Joseph Hurard, 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
  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
  • 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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