Félix Auguste Clément
Félix Auguste Clément | |
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École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon | |
| Movement | Orientalist |
| Children | Felix Clemente |
Félix Auguste Clément (20 May 1826, Donzère - 2 February 1888, Algiers) was a French painter, known primarily for his Orientalist scenes.
Biography
His first studies were at the
He stayed in Rome for several years, followed by a visit to Egypt in 1862, where he painted scenes of princely activities, did decorative work for palaces and sketched monuments; some of them quite remote. Many works were created by request of the Khedive.[2]
In 1868, he returned to France. Four years later, he was commissioned by the government to copy the paintings of Andrea Mantegna in Padua, but was forced to return by illness.[1] He was a professor at the École Nationale in Lyon from 1874 to 1877, then retired.
He participated in the
He died in Algiers, where he had spent the winter attempting to restore his health.[1]
Selected paintings
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Playing the Tambourine -
Egyptian Cart -
An Evening's Entertainment -
Women Selling
Water and Oranges
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d Brief biography Archived 2015-10-14 at the Wayback Machine @ ArtFinding.
- ^ a b Brief biography @ InterMedia.
- ^ Henri Rousseau by Debbie Stabenow @ Google Books.
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