Emmanuel Noterman
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Born | Emmanuel Noterman April 1808 |
Died | 14 May 1863 Antwerp, belgium | (aged 55)
Education | Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent |
Occupation | Painter |
Emmanuel Noterman[1] (April 1808 – 14 May 1863) was a Belgian painter and printmaker known for his genre scenes, in particular his scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called singeries), as well as for his paintings of dogs.[2][3]
Life[edit]
Emmanuel Noterman was born in Oudenaarde as the son of a decorative painter. He was initially also trained in the craft of gilding. The young Emmanuel received the first artistic notions from his maternal grandfather, Bernard Durieux, a lawyer and amateur painter.[3] Noterman continued his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent under the guidance of Maes-Canini. He devoted himself initially to portrait painting, first in Geraardsbergen and then in Brussels.
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In 1835 Noterman moved to Antwerp, where, under the guidance and with the advice of Pierre Kremer, he changed to the painting of genre scenes. He achieved a certain level of success with his humorous scenes. He sent his paintings to various Belgian salons and was lauded for his contribution to the 1836 salon in Brussels with a composition entitled Preparations for the masked ball.[3]
Noterman trained a few students, of whom the best-known are Jean Pierre François Lamorinière, Ernest Slingeneyer and Jan Stobbaerts.[3][4][5] His younger brother Zacharie Noterman also studied painting and etching with Emmanuel. Like his brother, Zacharie would establish himself as an animal artist and specialized in particular in singeries.[6]
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Like many other artists in Antwerp at the time such as Joseph Lies and Ernest Slingeneyer, Noterman became a member of the loge of freemasons La Persévérance.[7]
Noterman died in Antwerp on 14 May 1863.
Work[edit]
Noterman started painting portraits but quickly moved to genre scenes and then animal paintings. His representations of dogs were particularly well prized.[8]
Noterman also painted multiple scenes with cats and dogs.[9][10] Noterman created a number of singeries, paintings and etchings of monkeys engaging in human activities. The monkeys were often dressed in costumes which added comedy to the 'aping' by the monkeys of a specific human action (often vices) or occupation.[6] Noterman occasionally painted the animals in the landscapes of the Antwerp landscape painter Jean Pierre François Lamorinière.[11]
Noterman is the author of several etchings.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ Name also written as: 'Emmanuel Notermann', 'Emmanuel Notterman'
- ^ Emmanuel Noterman at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch)
- ^ a b c d Paul Bergmans, 'Emmanuel Noterman' at the Biographie Nationale de Belgique, Volume 15, p. 901-902 (in French)
- ^ Saskia De Bodt, Maartje de Haan, Wim Pijbes, 'Bloemstillevens uit Nederland en België, 1870-1940: Kunsthal Rotterdam', Waanders Uitgevers, 1998, p. 41 (in Dutch)
- ^ Henri Lavachery, Notice sur Jean-Pierre-François Lamorinière, Bruxelles Palais des académies, 1965 (in French)
- ^ a b Zacharias Noterman, Les Plaideurs ('The Litigants') at Art of the Print
- ^ Jan Lampo, De eerste burgerlijke uitvaart in Antwerpen, Schilder Lies reist naar het Eeuwige Oosten[permanent dead link], in: EOS - Memo, 15-03-2014 (in Dutch)
- ^ Edmond-Louis de Taeye, 'Les artistes belges contemporains: leur vie, leurs oeuvres, leur place dans l'art', Castaigne, 1894, p. 63 (in French)
- ^ Emmanuel Noterman, A red and white spaniel seated by a tree at Bonhams
- ^ Emmanuel Noterman, Teamwork at Christie's
- ^ 'Belgian artists: la cote des artistes belges', Arts Antiques Auctions nv, 2004, p. 122 (in Dutch)
- ^ Prints of Emmanuel Noterman at the British Museum
External links[edit]
Media related to Emmanuel Noterman at Wikimedia Commons