A pupil of Dominique Antoine Magaud, Jules-Justin Claverie exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1897 to 1931. He obtained several awards including a 3rd class medal in 1912 and a gold medal in 1923 for ''An old manor on the pond'' and ''Hamlet in Provence''. He participated in many regional exhibitions and became a professor at the School of Fine Arts in Marseille.