Hector Giacomelli
Illustration — Hector Giacomelli Hector Giacomelli (April 1, 1822 in Paris – December 1, 1904 in Menton), was a French watercolorist, engraver and illustrator, best known for his paintings of birds.
Hector Giacomelli
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Born
- 1822. · Paris.
- Died
- 1904. · Menton.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter, illustrator, draftsperson and printmaker.
- Languages
- French.
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Biography
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• Illustration — Work by Giacomelli, published in 1883. His Italian father, a professor of singing, was first an engraver before becoming an industrial designer for a jeweler. When he was 30 years old, a serious illness forced him to go away from Paris. He then started to draw and paint plants, insects and birds around his new and spectacular house. Making much money in Paris, he developed a passion for the work of Auguste Raffet, whose catalogue of works he published in 1862. He worked with Gustave Doré, for which he composed ornaments like "The Holy Bible according to the Vulgate", published in 1866. He contributed drawings to several illustrated newspapers, such as Le Monde illustré, Le Magasin pittoresque, and L'Illustration. He also privately illustrated books that brought him wealthy bibliophiles. He was one of the organizers of the exposition of the century prints of 1887 and Section retrospective of Fine Arts, and the Universal Paris Exposition of 1889. In addition to illustrating works by artists like Jules Michelet, André Theuriet François Coppée and Alfred de Musset, Giacomelli also became a collector.
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For the birthplace of Hector Giacomelli, Paris is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Paris, ancien 2e arrondissement (France) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The death is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Hector Giacomelli illustrated among others: • Louis Desnoyers: The Mésaventures Jean-Paul Choppart (1865), • Jules Michelet: • The Bird (1867), • The Bug (1875), • The Insect (1883) • André Theuriet: • Nests (1879), • Sous Bois (1883), • Our Birds (1886), • François Coppée: The Illustrated Month (1891), • Alfred de Musset: History of a white merle (1904), • (Eliza Allen Starr) "What We See" 1891
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Hector Giacomelli was a draughtsman and illustrator, born on 1 April 1822 and died on 30 November 1904 in Menton (Alpes-Maritimes).
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Hector Giacomelli is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as painter, illustrator, draftsperson and printmaker.
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1822
Hector Giacomelli was born in 1822 at Paris.
1904
Hector Giacomelli died in 1904 at Menton.
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- 1.Dictionnaire universel des contemporains. Hachette. 1893.
- 2.Album Mariani. Librairie Henri Floury. III. 1897.
- 3.Raffet : son œuvre lithographique et ses eaux, fortes suivi de la bibliographie complète des ouvrages illustrés de vignettes d'après ses dessins par H. Giacomelli ; orné d'eaux-fortes inédites par Raffet et son portrait par M. J. Bracquemond. Bureau de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts. 1862.
- 4.Les Graveurs du XIXe siècle. 7. 1888.
- 5.Catalogue des tableaux, dessins et aquarelles…, bronzes de Barye, Mêne et Cain…, meubles et objets divers, le tout composant la collection de feu H. Giacomelli,… [1ère vente] / [expert] Paul Roblin. 1905.
- 6.Henri Lecoq, les fortunes d'un naturaliste à Clermont-Ferrand. Un, deux … Quatre Editions. 2002.
- 7.Son père Joseph Giacomelli, maître de chapelle (selon l'acte de décès d'Hector à Menton), ne repose pas à Montmartre, du moins son nom ne figure pas sur la stèle.
- 8.Les illustrateurs de La Nature : Hector Giacomelli. La science en mouvement. 2019. 2729-4161 lire en.
- 9.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1879, p. 269
- 10.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1879, p. 349
- 11.La Nature premier semestre 1880, p. 9
- 12.La Nature, p. 137
- 13.La Nature, premier semestre 1880, p. 313
- 14.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1880, p. 41
- 15.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1880, p. 201
- 16.La Nature, premier semestre 1881, p. 41
- 17.La Nature, premier semestre 1881, p. 345
- 18.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1881, p.89
- 19.La Nature, deuxième semestre 1881,
- 20.« Les sauterelles », La Nature, deuxième semestre 1883, p. 40)
- 21.« Les sauterelles » ; La Nature, premier semestre 1885, p. 298
- 22.Composition inédite de », La Nature, premier semestre 1882, .
- 23.H. Giacomelli (1882), L'Été. – Rose et Lucane Cerf-volant ; La Nature, deuxième semestre, .
- 24.H. Giacomelli (1882) L'Automne. – Branches de vigne et colimaçons. ; La Nature, deuxième semestre,
- 25.H Giacomelli (1882) « L'Hiver. – Le grillon domestique. – Composition inédite de M. Giacomelli », La Nature, premier semestre 1883,
- 26.Catalogue des tableaux dessins et aquarelles, œuvres de Bertrand, Bigand, Bodmer, Daubigny, Delacroix… Raffet , portrait par , bronze de Barye, Mêne et Cain… objets divers le tout composant la collection de feu H. Giacomelli, artiste-peintre. 1905.
- 27.Base Joconde 50350037534 .
- 28.Clermont-Ferrand : Histoire et petite histoire de ses rues, ses cités, sa Tiretaine (Les aulines - La Pradelle - L'Oradou : Lafayette : La Raye-Dieu). Éditions Revoir. 2008.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Hector Giacomelli. Éditions Douin. 2017. 978-2-35498-163-1 . Commentaire biblio.
- Georges Cain. Hector Giacomelli : peintre des oiseaux. Revue illustrée. 1888-1889. 235 sqq.
- Catalogue de très beaux livres modernes, ouvrages enrichis d'aquarelles, éditions originales composant la bibliothèque de / [expert] A. Durel. 1905.
- Catalogue des tableaux, dessins et aquarelles…, bronzes de Barye, Mêne et Cain…, meubles et objets divers, le tout composant la collection de feu H. Giacomelli,… [1ère vente] / [expert] Paul Roblin. 1905.
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