François-Claudius Compte-Calix

Portrait of the Marchioness of Itamaraty; now in the Museu Histório e Diplomático in Rio de Janeiro

Portrait of the Count of Itamaraty

François-Claudius Compte-Calix (1813–1880) was a French painter of genre subjects and portraits. He was born in Lyons and studied in the fine art school of his native city, and in the studio of J. C. Bonnefond. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1840. His Vieil Ami, painted in 1863, was in the International Exhibition at Paris in 1867. He died at Chazay d'Azergues near Lyons in 1880.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Compte-Calix, François Claudius". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.