The Cercle artistique de Luxembourg or CAL, founded in 1893 as Cercle artistique luxembourgeois, is an association which brings together artists of all types with a view to supporting artistic work and art education in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

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The founding members were Michel Engels

Michel Engels

Michel Engels was a Luxembourg illustrator, painter and art teacher who is remembered principally for his sketches of the fortifications of Luxembourg City and for cofounding the Cercle artistique de Luxembourg.-Early life:...

 and Pierre Blanc and Franz Heidenstein who was the association's first president ((1893–99). Since 1896, the Salon du CAL exhibition has been held each year. Among Luxembourg's prominent artists who exhibited at the salon were Dominique Lang

Dominique Lang

Dominique Lang is considered to be Luxembourg's most important Impressionist painter. He painted both portraits and landscapes although he was employed as a high-school teacher.-Career:...

, Emile Kirscht

Emile Kirscht

Emile Kirscht was a Luxembourg painter who worked with acrylics and gouache on paper. In 1954, he was a co-founder of the Iconomaques group of abstract artists in Luxembourg.-Early life:...

 and Michel Stoffel

Michel Stoffel

Michel Stoffel was a Luxembourg artist and author. He also worked for a time in the insurance sector. Together with Joseph Kutter, he is considered to be one of Luxembourg's most prominent painters.-Early life and education:...

 and the sculptor Claus Cito

Claus Cito

Nicolas Joseph 'Claus' Cito was a Luxembourgian sculptor. He is most notable for having created the original Gëlle Fra war memorial.Cito trained at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels...

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