List of Artists → Alexandre Calame
Alexandre Calame (Vevey 1810 - Mentone 1864) - Sell & Buy
Swiss landscape painter. Due to the early death of his father, C. had to support the family by working in a bank at the age of 16. The banker paid C. lessons with F. Diday. In 1837, he moved to Paris and traveled from there to Germany and the Netherlands; later to Italy. C. was a highly decorated landscape painter, including being a member of the Legion of Honor. Among his clients were Napoleon III and the Russian Tsar, whose children he taught drawing. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Paris (Louvre), London (Nat. Gall.), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Amsterdam a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
From past auctions
Alexandre Calame (Vevey 1810 - Mentone 1864)
Proceeds : 4.400 €
Artists in out catalog archive
Buy works by Alexandre Calame
You would like to buy a work by Alexandre Calame?
Sell works by Alexandre Calame
You would like to sell a work by Alexandre Calame?