Giuseppe Calì

:"This article is about the Maltese painter. For the Italian golfer see Giuseppe Cali."

Giuseppe Calì (Valletta, August 14, 1846 - Valletta, March 1, 1930) was a Maltese painter, born of Neapolitan parents and educated at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Naples under Giuseppe Mancinelli. He was a prolific artist: almost every church of any consequence in Malta boasts a work of his, and according to one of his grandsons, was nicknamed "ix-xitan tal-pinzell" ("the Devil with the brush"). He was commemorated by the Republic of Malta with a series of four postage stamps in 1996, and a coin in 2004. His son Ramiro Calì was also a painter.

Works

*Death of Dragut (oil on canvas, 1867), widely considered his best work, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta
*St Jerome and St Lawrence altarpieces (oil on canvas, 1881), Sacro Cuor parish church, Sliema.
*Virgin of the Rosary (his first work), and Prophets, and episodes from the life of Christ in the parish church of Mosta.
*St. Dominic altarpiece, parish church of Porto Salvo, Valletta
*portraits of the merchant Agostino Cassar Torregini and of Judge Carbone
*Tre Rome
*Nativity of Jesus Christ - Luqa Parish Church
*Saint Dominic - Luqa Parish Church
*Saint Michael - Luqa Parish Church
*Sacred Heart of Jesus (destroyed during World War II) - Luqa Parish Church
* Our Lady of the Rosary - Luqa Parish Church
*Saint Paul and Saint Catherine V.M. - Luqa Parish Church
*Apotheosis of St. Francis, church of S. Francesco, Valletta.
*The Sacred Heart of Jesus, Fontana parish church, Fontana, Gozo
*The Assumption of Mary, Qrendi church
*St. Lawrence Martyr, San Lawrenz parish, Gozo
*Main apse, minor chapel apse and St. Joseph, St. Helen Basilica, Birkirkara amongst many mor

External links

* [http://www.emmsaid.com/images/stamps/fdc/1996_Giuseppe_cali.jpgPostage stamps honoring Calì,] depicting some of his work.
* [http://www.artinmalta.com/ Latest info, work, reviews, comments and biography of Maltese Artists]