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Cornelis van Spaendonck (7 December 1756 – 22 December 1839) was a Dutch Cornelis van Spaendonck
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Still Life of Flowers in an Urn 1756 births 1839 deaths People from Tilburg 19th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Flower artists 18th-century Dutch painters 18th-century Dutch male artists 19th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub
Cornelis van Spaendonck (7 December 1756 – 22 December 1839) was a Dutch painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
who was a native of Tilburg.
Spaendonck initially worked under artist Guillaume-Jacques Herreyns (1743–1827) in Antwerp
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, and in 1773 moved to Paris to study and work with his brother, floral painter Gérard van Spaendonck
Gerard van Spaendonck (22 March 1746 – 11 May 1822) was a Dutch painter.
Life
Gerard was born in Tilburg, an older brother of Cornelis van Spaendonck (1756–1840), who was also an accomplished artist. In the 1760s he studied with decorative ...
(1746–1822). From 1785 to 1800, Cornelis van Spaendonck was head of the porcelain works at Sèvres. Due to difficulties encountered as an administrator, he was relieved of his directorship in 1800, but remained at Sèvres as a designer and artist until 1808. Mélanie de Comoléra was his pupil.in
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In 1789 Spaendonck became a member of the Académie des Beaux Arts
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. He painted throughout his lifetime, displaying his works in the salons of Paris until 1833. Most of Spaendonck's works were created with oils and gouache, and he is remembered for his lush still-life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...
s of flowers. Among his paintings were subjects such as ''De Fleurs Et Fruits'', ''Vase De Fleurs'', ''Bouquet De Different Fleurs'', ''Fleurs Du Jardin'', ''Corbeille Fleurs'', et al.
At the time of his death in 1840 there were 29 paintings in his studio, works that were auctioned soon afterwards.
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