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Théophile-Abraham Hamel (8 November 1817 – 23 December 1870) was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec. [1] Life. Hamel was born in 1817 in Sainte-Foy (then a suburb of Quebec City ), the son of a successful farmer.
Théophile Hamel is one of early Canada’s greatest portrait painters. He created oil portraits of many important figures of government, aristocracy and the church. The success of his work allowed Hamel to leave behind his modest upbringing and operate within the intellectual and social elite of 19th century Quebec.
Théophile Hamel, né le 8 novembre 1817 à Sainte-Foy, et mort le 23 décembre 1870 à Québec, est un artiste peintre et portraitiste canadien [1].
22 de may. de 2008 · Théophile Hamel, painter (b at Ste-Foy, LC 8 Nov 1817; d at Québec City 23 Dec 1870). Appointed official portrait painter in 1853, Hamel was referred to as the national painter by contemporary journalists, and was throughout his career one of the most popular painters with notables and clergy alike.
Le peintre Théophile Hamel est l’un des premiers grands portraitistes canadiens. Il Il représente à l’huile de nombreux personnages importants du gouvernement, de l’aristocratie et du clergé.
Théophile Hamel succeeded in finding a style which suited his temperament and the aspirations of Canadian society in the 1850s. A quiet, steady person, he never felt attracted to venture into complex composition and chromatic brilliance.
Né le 8 novembre 1817 à Sainte-Foy (Québec), Théophile Hamel est le fils de François-Xavier Hamel, cultivateur, et de Marie-Françoise Routhier. De 1834 à 1840, Hamel fait l'apprentissage de la peinture auprès d'Antoine Plamondon.
