Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher
Illustration — Self-portrait after a painting of Frédéric-Désiré by Eugène-Ernest Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher (23 June 1811 – 28 October 1886) was a Belgian engraver also active in France, most notable for his etchings.
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Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher
Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher · Gallica · Public domain
- Born
- 1811. · Brussels.
- Died
- 1886. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- printmaker.
- Movements
- academic art.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Self-portrait after a painting of Frédéric-Désiré by Eugène-Ernest Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher (23 June 1811 – 28 October 1886) was a Belgian engraver also active in France, most notable for his etchings.
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He was born in Brussels, the brother of the painter Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher. Aged thirteen he entered the Compagnie des quatre canaux (a canal company of which his father Guillaume Hillemacher was director) and remained in it for sixty years, only producing engravings or music in his free time. Roger Portalis as a very "moliériste" amateur in his artistic choices and themes "An amiable and modest man, he lived with fourfold passion - his home, etching, Molière and his violin". He died in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris in 1886.
Frédéric Hillemacher, French illustrator
Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher · This image is available from the New York Public Library 's Digital Library under the digital ID 1231971: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org
A sick frog is administered an enema by one of his companions; other frogs, some anthropomorphised, some not, stand by. Etching with drypoint by F-D. Hillemacher after N. Poussin, 1885. Iconographic Collections
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1811
Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher born at Brussels.
1886
Frédéric-Désiré Hillemacher died at Paris.
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