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Alexandre Calame (28th May, 1810 - 19th Mar, 1864)

Route du Grimsel, canton de Berne dit aussi Un orage dans les montagnes

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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Thierry Le Mage

musée du Louvre

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Title:

Route du Grimsel, canton de Berne dit aussi Un orage dans les montagnes

Periods:

contemporary period from 1789 until 1914

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Inventory number:

RF2004-3

Location:

musée du Louvre

About the author(s)

Author:

Alexandre Calame

Born:

28th May, 1810

Dead:

19th Mar, 1864

Country:

Suisse

See more about this author on Wikipedia:

Alexandre Calame (28 May 1810 – 19 March 1864) was a Swiss painter. He was born in Arabie at the time belonging to Corsier-sur-Vevey, today a part of Vevey. He was the son of a skillful marble worker in Vevey, but because his father lost the family fortune, Calame could not concentrate on art, but rather he was forced to work in a bank from the age of 15. When his father fell from a building and then died, it was up to the young Calame to provide for his mother. In his spare time he began to… Read more...