Calyxte Campe's first experience in Italy dates back to 1991 when she attended the Charles H
Cecile Studios in San Frediano.
He began his career as a painter and then moved on to sculpture.
Born in Munich in Germany on 1972, he spent his adolescence from 5 to 13 years traveling the
world. He is the great-grandson of Camille Claudel and grew up surrounded by her sculptures.
He prefers the use of marble and bronze materials, working on his sculptures in all phases, from
clay, to wax, to bronze. He is fond of animals, his favorite subject, and also of life portraits.
He has done numerous commissions for celebrities and nobility around the world and has
exhibited in solo shows in New York, Geneva, Paris, London, Gstaad and Santa Fe.
He is married to a painter and they are parents of four children.