Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix
Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix was born in Lyon on ✦August 27, 1813 and died in Chazay d’Azergues on †July 29, 1880. He received his formal training at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon from 1829 to 1833 under Professor Claude Bonnefond (1796-1860). Compte-Calix returned to the Academie to further his studies and teach drawing from 1835 to 1836. He debuted at the Salon de Lyon in 1837 with a watercolor, Portrait de l’autuer et La résistance and at the Paris Salon of 1840 with La Sœur cadette, époque Louis XIII et La resemblance. Compte-Calix soon became a regular exhibitor at the Salons. He exhibited portraits, romantic genre scenes, and anecdotal historical scenes.
Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix became a very successful engraver. His style of etching was easily adapted to his paintings. He was commissioned to illustrate numerous books and several romantic books of poetry.
Besides painting, Compte-Calix also became a very successful engraver. He did etchings and lithographies as book illustrations such as romantic books of poetry.
Spanking art by Compte-Calix
François Claudius Compte-Calix did one painting showing an outdoor spanking scene (F/B). It is not known if he also did other spanking paintings or illustrations.
François Claudius Compte-Calix
The Spanking, F/m, oil on canvas
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