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Eugène Ernest Hillemacher

Illustration — Eugène Ernest Hillemacher in his studio (1887) Eugène Ernest Hillemacher (13 October 1818 in Paris – 3 March 1887 in Paris) was a French history, portrait and genre painter in the Academic style. His mother was the youngest sister of the Belgian painter and etcher, Frédéric Théodore Faber. In 1838, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Léon Cogniet.

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Eugène Ernest Hillemacher

Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Lithograph after E.E. Hillemacher, 1884., [1884], by Eugène Ernest Hillemacher

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Nationality
France.
Occupation
painter, printmaker and illustrator.
Fields
history.
Movements
academic art.
Education
Beaux-Arts de Paris.
Honours
Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Languages
French.

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Illustration — Eugène Ernest Hillemacher in his studio (1887) Eugène Ernest Hillemacher (13 October 1818 in Paris – 3 March 1887 in Paris) was a French history, portrait and genre painter in the Academic style. His mother was the youngest sister of the Belgian painter and etcher, Frédéric Théodore Faber. In 1838, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Léon Cogniet.

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