Adolphe-Félix Cals
(1810–1880) fransk målare
Adolphe-Félix Cals (France, 1810–1880) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Adolphe-Félix Cals belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Adolphe-Félix Cals was born in Paris and died in Honfleur. Adolphe-Félix Cals trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jean-Louis Anselin, Nicolas Ponce, and Léon Cogniet. Wikidata associates Adolphe-Félix Cals with Barbizon school.
The best-known works include ‘Coucher de soleil sur la mer’, ‘Effileuses d'étoupe’, and ‘Femme et enfant dans un verger’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, genre painting, and portrait. The catalogue has 15 works by Adolphe-Félix Cals with free images. The dated works span the years 1846–1876. Works by Adolphe-Félix Cals are held by several collections, among them Fitzwilliam Museum, Bowes Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Alfred Dedreux, Constant Troyon, Alfred Jacob Miller, Jules Noël, and Marie-Élisabeth Cavé.