François Claudius COMPTE-CALIX (French, Lyon 1813 - 1880 Chazay-d'Azergues)

François Claudius COMPTE-CALIX is a French painter and fashion illustrator born in Lyon on August 27, 1813 and died in Chazay-d'Azergues on July 29, 1880.

Painter, designer and illustrator, the work of François Claudius COMPTE-CALIX is represented in the collections of various museums including the Magnin museum in Dijon, the Adrien-Dubouché museum in Limoges and the Château de Compiègne. He provided numerous illustration models for French fashion magazines in the 1840s-1860s.