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Hector Giacomelli (1822 Paris - 1904 Menton) was a French watercolourist, printmaker and illustrator, best known for his works depicting birds.
When he was 30, a serious illness forced him to leave Paris. He then began to draw and paint plants, insects and birds that he observed near his new home.
Returning to Paris, he developed a passion for the work of Auguste Raffet.
He worked with Gustave Doré, for whom he composed ornaments such as "The Holy Bible according to the Vulgate", published in 1866. Read the full biography

Hector Giacomelli (1822 Paris - 1904 Menton) was a French watercolourist, printmaker and illustrator, best known for his works depicting birds.
When he was 30, a serious illness forced him to leave Paris. He then began to draw and paint plants, insects and birds that he observed near his new home.
Returning to Paris, he developed a passion for the work of Auguste Raffet.
He worked with Gustave Doré, for whom he composed ornaments such as "The Holy Bible according to the Vulgate", published in 1866. He contributed drawings to several illustrated newspapers, such as Le Monde Illustré, Le Magasin Pittoresque and L'Illustration.
He was one of the organizers of the 1887 Exhibition of Prints of the Century and of the Retrospective Section of Fine Arts of the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition.