{{Short description|Belgian painter}} {{Infobox artist |name=Emmanuel Noterman |image=Noterman, Emmanuel (1808-1863); schilder, etser, Nauwens, Joseph, Felixarchief, 12 9182 recto.jpg |caption=''Emmanuel Noterman'', by Joseph Nauwens |birth_name=Emmanuel Noterman |birth_date=April 1808 |birth_place=Oudenaarde, First French Empire |death_date={{dda|1863|5|14|1808|4|df=y}} |death_place=Antwerp, belgium |occupation=Painter |education=Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent |work_places= |parents= |spouse= |relatives= }}
'''Emmanuel Noterman'''<ref>Name also written as: 'Emmanuel Notermann', 'Emmanuel Notterman'</ref> (April 1808 – 14 May 1863) was a Belgian painter and printmaker known for his genre scenes, in particular his scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called ''singeries''), as well as for his paintings of dogs.<ref name=rkd>[https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/60005 Emmanuel Noterman] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History {{in lang|nl}}</ref><ref name=bnb>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170403112203/http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2072.pdf#page=147 Paul Bergmans, 'Emmanuel Noterman'] at the ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', Volume 15, p. 901-902 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
==Life== Emmanuel Noterman was born in Oudenaarde as the son of a decorative painter. He was initially also trained in the craft of gilding. The young Emmanuel received the first artistic notions from his maternal grandfather, Bernard Durieux, a lawyer and amateur painter.<ref name=bnb/> Noterman continued his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent under the guidance of Maes-Canini. He devoted himself initially to portrait painting, first in Geraardsbergen and then in Brussels. thumb|320px|left|''The art experts''
In 1835 Noterman moved to Antwerp, where, under the guidance and with the advice of Pierre Kremer, he changed to the painting of genre scenes. He achieved a certain level of success with his humorous scenes. He sent his paintings to various Belgian salons and was lauded for his contribution to the 1836 salon in Brussels with a composition entitled ''Preparations for the masked ball''.<ref name=bnb/>
Noterman trained a few students, of whom the best-known are Jean Pierre François Lamorinière, Ernest Slingeneyer and Jan Stobbaerts.<ref name=bnb/><ref>Saskia De Bodt, Maartje de Haan, Wim Pijbes, 'Bloemstillevens uit Nederland en België, 1870-1940: Kunsthal Rotterdam', Waanders Uitgevers, 1998, p. 41 {{in lang|nl}}</ref><ref name=fr>Henri Lavachery, ''Notice sur Jean-Pierre-François Lamorinière'', Bruxelles Palais des académies, 1965 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> His younger brother Zacharie Noterman also studied painting and etching with Emmanuel. Like his brother, Zacharie would establish himself as an animal artist and specialized in particular in singeries.<ref name=aop/> thumb|310px|''Teamwork'' Like many other artists in Antwerp at the time such as Joseph Lies and Ernest Slingeneyer, Noterman became a member of the loge of freemasons ''La Persévérance''.<ref name=lam>{{cite web |last1=Lampo |first1=Jan |title=Joseph Lies reist naar het Eeuwige Oosten. De eerste burgerlijke begrafenis in Antwerpen (1865) |url=https://janlampo.com/category/lies-joseph/ |language=Dutch |date=13 February 2014}}</ref>
Noterman died in Antwerp on 14 May 1863.
==Work== Noterman started painting portraits but quickly moved to genre scenes and then animal paintings. His representations of dogs were particularly well prized.<ref>Edmond-Louis de Taeye, 'Les artistes belges contemporains: leur vie, leurs oeuvres, leur place dans l'art', Castaigne, 1894, p. 63 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
Noterman also painted multiple scenes with cats and dogs.<ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10104/lot/3/ Emmanuel Noterman, ''A red and white spaniel seated by a tree''] at Bonhams</ref><ref>[http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/emanuel-noterman-teamwork-2080055-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=2080055&sid=4fce978f-ffa6-462a-b8be-3e49ea16eff5 Emmanuel Noterman, ''Teamwork''] at Christie's</ref> Noterman created a number of ''singeries'', paintings and etchings of monkeys engaging in human activities. The monkeys were often dressed in costumes which added comedy to the 'aping' by the monkeys of a specific human action (often vices) or occupation.<ref name=aop>[http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/noterman_zacharias_the_litigants.htm Zacharias Noterman, ''Les Plaideurs'' ('The Litigants')] at Art of the Print</ref> Noterman occasionally painted the animals in the landscapes of the Antwerp landscape painter Jean Pierre François Lamorinière.<ref>'Belgian artists: la cote des artistes belges', ''Arts Antiques Auctions'' nv, 2004, p. 122 {{in lang|nl}}</ref>
Noterman is the author of several etchings.<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?people=113014&peoA=113014-2-60 Prints of Emmanuel Noterman] at the British Museum</ref>
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