1810-1864 French Alexandre Calame Locations Swiss painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He studied under Francois Diday in Geneva and then travelled to Paris (1837), to the Netherlands and Desseldorf (1838), to Italy (1844) and to London (1850). Despite his frail health he spent each summer painting in the mountains of the Bernese Oberland and central Switzerland, where he produced the drawings and studies from nature that were later used in his studio compositions. A fervent Calvinist, he saw his subjects.
1810-1864 French Alexandre Calame Locations Painting ID:: 298
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1859 The Hermitage, St.Petersburg
View of Geneva from Petit-Saconnex Painting ID:: 299
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1834 Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur
The Rhone Valley at Bex with a View to the Lake of Geneva (nn02) Painting ID:: 23189
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1833-1838 Oil on paper on canvas,11 5/8 x 17'' The Oskar Reinhart Foundation,Winterthur
THe Lake of Thun Painting ID:: 43336
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