Alexandre Calame

Swiss · 1810–1864 · Painter, Printmaker

Alexandre Calame was a Swiss landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School. (Wikipedia)

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Alexandre Calame was a Swiss landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1810, VeveyDied 1864, MentonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q621994 ↗ULAN 500023774 ↗Museum works 24

Also known as a. calame, al. calame, alex calame, alexander calame, Calame, Calame A., calame alexander

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Alexandre Calame, Fallen Tree — **Fallen Tree**1839/1845 · oil on paper on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ivan E. Phillips in memory of hi…

Alexandre Calame, Swiss Landscape — **Swiss Landscape**c. 1830 · oil on paper on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Victoria and Roger Sant — Open A…

Alexandre Calame, An Ancient Pine Forest with a Mountain Stream — **An Ancient Pine Forest with a Mountain Stream**1847 · watercolor and gouache over charcoal on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Helen Porter and James T. Dyke —…

Alexandre Calame, Essais de gravure a l'eau-forte (Essays in Etching) — **Essais de gravure a l'eau-forte (Essays in Etching)**1838 · bound volume with complete set of thirteen etchings in original wrappers
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, Trees by a River — **Trees by a River**1838 · etching on wove
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, Oberland Bernois — **Oberland Bernois**1838 · etching on chine collé
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, Wilgen aan een meer in zacht glooiend terrein — **Wilgen aan een meer in zacht glooiend terrein**1820 - 1864
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Alexandre Calame, Landscape — **Landscape**1837
Rijksmuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Rijksmuseum

Alexandre Calame, Mountain Landscape — **Mountain Landscape**1838
Amsterdam Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Amsterdam Museum

Alexandre Calame, Untitled — **Untitled**1852
Amsterdam Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Amsterdam Museum

Alexandre Calame, The Jungfrau, Switzerland — **The Jungfrau, Switzerland**1853
Walters Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Walters Art Museum

Alexandre Calame, Brunnen — **Brunnen**1852
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club — public domain …

Alexandre Calame, Vier Waldstaettersee — **Vier Waldstaettersee**n.d. · Lithograph on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of the Print and Drawing Club — public domain …

Alexandre Calame, Alpine Landscape — **Alpine Landscape**n.d. · Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, The Alps, from Various Landscape Sites — **The Alps, from Various Landscape Sites**c. 1851 · Lithograph on tan wove paper laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Mary S. Adams Endowment — public domain (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, Alpine Stream — **Alpine Stream**mid-1800s · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Alexandre Calame, The Simplon Road, Meillerie, France — **The Simplon Road, Meillerie, France**mid-1800s · lithograph
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection — Open Acc…

Alexandre Calame, Tree Study — **Tree Study**c. 1830–64 · oil
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Alexandre Calame

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