Zacharie Noterman or Zacharias Notermann (1820 in
Ghent
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– 1890 in
Paris
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) was a
Belgian painter and printmaker who specialized in scenes with monkeys engaging in human activities (the so-called ''
singeries''), as well as in paintings of dogs.
[Zacharie Noterman]
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center ...
[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
Emmanuel Noterman (April 1808 – 14 May 1863) was a Belgians, 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 paintin ...
, 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 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.
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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]
at the National Gallery of Canada
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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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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