François-Claudius Compte-Calix (1813–1880) was a French painter of genre subjects and portraits. He was born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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 (), or rarely Paris Salon (French: ''Salon de Paris'' ), beginning in 1667 was the official art exhibition of the in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the ...

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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Compte-Calix, Francois-Claudius 1813 births 1880 deaths 19th-century French painters French male painters Painters from Lyon 19th-century French male artists