Giuseppe Calì

Giuseppe Calì
Monument to Giuseppe Calì at the Upper Barrakka Gardens
Born	(1846-08-14)August 14, 1846 Valletta
Died	March 1, 1930(1930-03-01) (aged 83)
Nationality	Maltese
Education	Giuseppe Mancinelli
Alma mater	Accademia delle Belle Arti
Notable work	Death of Dragut

Giuseppe Calì (August 14, 1846 – March 1, 1930) was a Maltese painter, born in Valletta 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 died in Valletta and 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.