Clément Serveau

Henri Clément Serveau, also known as Clément-Serveau (29 June 1886 – 8 July 1972), was a French painter, designer, engraver and illustrator. Clément-Serveau produced works in a realist manner early on, but soon became interested in the new movements. He was influenced by his friend

From 1907 to 1909, he was a soldier in the 15th Battalion in the Vosges at Remiremont. In 1913, while still at Remiremont, the 21-year-old married Yvette Hindermeyer (then 17 years of age). There, he would realize many paintings, landscapes and portraits.

In 1919, he became art director of Ferenczi & fils (Le Livre moderne illustré publisher), where he illustrated many books (seventy-eight) using the technique of woodcut. Colette was the literary director for several years. He also participated in thirty other books and received various medals for his work: medal of honor in 1920, bronze in 1921, silver in 1926 and gold at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1929.^[1][2][3]

Thanks to his mentor,

After a trip to Greece in 1934, Clement Serveau devoted himself to post-cubism, participating in numerous exhibitions, including the Salon des artistes français. He became Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1936.^[4]

He also produced several

He participated in numerous exhibitions in France, Sweden, London, the United States, and Canada.[7]

Clément-Serveau died in Paris on 8 July 1972. He was buried in Bourbonne-les-Bains, where he owned a house on Rue Vellonne. A room in the local museum (Musée municipal de Bourbonne-les-Bains) is dedicated to him.^[8]

Examples of graphic work

• Banknote: 5 francs Berger
• Banknote: 300 francs, 1945
• Banknote: 1000 francs Minerve et Hercule
• Stamps: Listed in sale-date order

Works

• A stylized pagan scene with a huntress raising her bow, 1928
• Parades des Oiseaux, 1930
• Anémones et pois de senteur, 1932, Musée de la Société Historique et Archéologique, Haute-Marne, Langres
• Karoti Grece, Le chemin de la Fontain (Paysage Grec), 1934, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
• Aphrodite et stellio, 1934, purchase by l'Etat Français in 1935
• Route à Chio, 1935, purchase by l'Etat Français in 1936
• Rêve, 1946, purchase in 1947 by Musée national d'Art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris^[9]
• Un dimanche de pèlerinage à la Ghraïba de Djerba (Tunisie) , 1953
• Femmes au bain
• Déesses antiques flottant sur des nuages
• Nature morte à la table et chaises
• La Favorite,
  Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
  , Paris, France

References

External links

• Paris, musée national d'Art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou^{[permanent dead link]}
• Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
• Clément Serveau, French Banknotes
• Clément Serveau, La Chemise verte, oil on canvas, 92 x 60.2 cm, Christie's Paris, 24 May 2006
• Clément Serveau, Le Bordel, oil on canvas, 90 x 95 cm, Christie's Paris, 12 December 2005
• Clément Serveau, Le pot bleu à la fenêtre, oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm, Christie's Paris, 12 December 2005
• Clément Serveau, Déesses antiques flottant sur des nuages, oil on canvas, 138 x 175 cm, Tajan, Paris, 9 June 2011
• Agence photographique de la réunion des Musées nationaux