François-Claudius Compte-Calix (1813–1880) was a French painter of genre subjects and portraits. He was born in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
s 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
The Salon (french: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art ...
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.
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1813 births
1880 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
Artists from Lyon
19th-century French male artists