Gerard van spaendonck biography definition
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The Smell of Success: Gerard & Cornelis van Spaendonck, Painters of Flowers in Paris is at Het Noordbrabants Museum in ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands from 26 April to 25 August 2019. It is accompanied by Paul Huys Janssen, De geur van succes. Gerard & Cornelis van Spaendonck, bloemenschilders in Parijs (Zwolle: WBOOKS, 2019).
The contemporary French artist Camile Henrot once asked in an exhibition: “Is it possible to be a revolutionary and like flowers?” Her question speaks to the perception of flower painting as an apolitical genre, a prejudice that certainly affects Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck and their favored subjects, floral still lives. Born in Tilburg, Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck emigrated to Paris in 1769 and 1779 respectively, became members of the Académie, and enjoyed critical and financial success from the reign of Louis XVI to the Bourbon Restoration. Their enduring popularity in this period and their fidelity to flower pieces ami
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Spaendonck, Gerard van (Dutch flower painter and printmaker, 1746-1822, active in Paris) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: Important and successful Dutch flower painter. His father was the steward of the seignory of Tilburg, belonging to the Prince of Hesse-Kassel, and the Prince had one of the finest gardens in the area, designed in the latest French style; the garden surely influenced Gerard at a young age. When Gerard went to Paris in 1769, flower painting left its traditional center in the Low Countries for the first time. Comment on works: Still life; flowers; fruit; miniatures | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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