Eugène Ernest Hillemacher
Eugène Ernest Hillemacher (born October 13, 1818 in Paris ; † March 3, 1887 ibid) was a French painter who is classified as academic art .
Life
Hillemacher was the son of Guilleaume Hillemacher and Wilhelmine Christine Faber. He received his training at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris by Léon Cogniet . In 1840 he exhibited for the first time in the Salon de Paris , which he repeated with great regularity over the next 40 years. He was awarded first class medals three times, and in 1869 he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor .
In 1850 Hillemacher married Isabelle Julie Antoinette Oosterlinck. Hillemacher's brother Frédéric Désiré became a well-known engraver, while his sons Paul Hillemacher and Lucien Hillemacher were well-known composers who won the Prix de Rome .
Hillemacher died in 1887 in his house at 46 Boulevard Magenta in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. The holdings of his studio were auctioned on May 7th of the same year at the Hôtel Drouot .
Works (selection)
- 1840: Cornelia, mother of the Gracches .
- 1852: The siege of Rouen in 1418.
- 1853: Clotilde de Surville , 259 × 187 cm, Musée Fabre , Montpellier.
- 1863: Antony is brought to Cleopatra's dying , Musée de Grenoble .
- 1863: L'Empereur Napoléon Ier avec Goethe et Wieland (1808).
- 1865: Psyche in Hell, National Gallery of Victoria .
- 1868: Le petit Jehan de Saintré et la Dame des belles cousines, location unknown.
- 1868: The Presentation, oil on canvas, 96.5 × 137.3 cm; Christie’s , New York, April 4, 2007.
- 1869: Aristides and the Farmer, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Dijon) .
- 1881: The torture of Cornelis de Witt .
Various of Hillemacher's works were reproduced by printing processes and thus made popular.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hillemacher, Eugène Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1887 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |