Clément Sénèque was born in Mauritius while the island was under British colonial rule but he was raised in Durban after his family moved in 1900. He qualified as an architect and worked in the profession until he moved to Paris in 1921. Sénèque enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts while working in the architectural firm of Alfred Agache. After marrying Marie Therese L'Hoste in Paris in 1923, he p