Giuseppe Calì

Who was Giuseppe Calì?

Giuseppe Calì 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. 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.

His works

Death of Dragut, widely considered his best work, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta

St Jerome and St Lawrence altarpieces, Sacro Cuor parish church, Sliema.

Virgin of the Rosary, 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 - Luqa Parish Church