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FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France, FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France 1826-1888 Odalisque Signed and dated...

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FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France, FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France 1826-1888 Odalisque Signed and dated...
FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France
FELIX AUGUSTE CLEMENT France 1826-1888 Odalisque Signed and dated FA. Clement, Rome 1858. Oil on canvas, 120 x 197 cm; two minor repairs F. A. Clement was the pupil of Bonnefond in Lyon 1843-1848. He later followed courses in Paris and participated at the Salon de Paris from 1853. In 1856 he received “le premier prix de Rome“ with Le retour du jeune Tobie. After five years in Italy he returned to Paris in 1862, but shortly after went to Egypt where the Prince Halim engaged him for the decoration of his palace in Choubrah, outside Cairo. Clement was appointed professor at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyon in 1875. He died in Algeria in 1888. He painted landscapes and portraits in vivid colours, and oriental men and women with aristocratic and noble poses. (See E. Bénézit, tome 3, page 698)