Zacharie Noterman or Zacharias Notermann (1820 in

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painter and printmaker who specialized in scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called ''

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s''), as well as in paintings of dogs.Zacharie Noterman
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Zacharie Noterman
at Simonis & Buunk He also produced some scenes of traveling circuses.

Life

Zacharie Noterman was born in Ghent as the son of a decorative painter. He was initially trained by his older brother Emmanuel Noterman, a genre and animal painter active in Antwerp.Zacharias Noterman, ''Les Plaideurs ('The Litigants')
at Art of the Print Noterman continued his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp. Zacharie Noterman Eine kleine Mahlzeit in der Taverne

Zacharie Noterman Eine kleine Mahlzeit in der Taverne

Zacharie Noterman lived with his brother in Antwerp. Later he moved to Paris where he showed his works at the salon.Biography of Zacharie Noterman
at Online Galleries His final participations in the Paris salon date from the years 1879 and 1880.

Work

Noterman painted mainly scenes with animals including portraits of dogs as well as scenes involving cats and dogs. Noterman was particularly interested in the subject of ''singeries'', which are humoristic paintings and etchings of monkeys engaging in human activities. The monkeys in the scenes are often dressed in costumes which adds comedy to their 'aping' of a specific human action (often a vice such as smoking or gambling) or occupation such as a dentist, lawyer, painter, art critic, etc. Noterman's work shows a growing interest in realism in painting in Belgium. Noterman is the author of several etchings, which deal with a similar subject matter as his paintings.Prints of Zacharie Noterman
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(wrongly attributed to Emannuel Noterman on the website) In particular, his singeries were very popular and between 1863 and 1866 he was commissioned by the publisher Cadart in Paris to make three original etchings on the subject.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Noterman, Zacharie Belgian genre painters Belgian portrait painters Belgian printmakers 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists Animal painters 1820 births 1890 deaths