Pieter Faes or Peeter Faes (14 July 1750 – 22 December 1814) was a

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painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. He worked in a decorative style close to that of Jan van Huysum.Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Walter A. Liedtke,
Flemish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
', Volume 1, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984, p. 94-95

Life

He was born in the village of Meer (now part of

Hoogstraten Hoogstraten () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium). Ho ...

, it was then part of the

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). He studied at the

Academy of Antwerp The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp () is an art academy located in Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the oldest of its kind in Europe. It was founded in 1663 by David Teniers the Younger, painter to the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm and Don Juan of ...

.Pierre Faes
at the

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, Volume 6, p. 847 At the academy he became acquainted with Georges Frédéric Ziesel and Jan Frans Eliaerts who specialised in flower pieces like him. He was one of the founders in 1788 of a society of artists known as the ''Konstmaatschappij'' (the 'Art Society'). Other founders included

Hendrik Frans de Cort Hendrik de Cort or Hendrik Frans de Cort (1742 in Antwerp – 28 June 1810 in London) was a Flemish landscape art, landscape painter and draughtsman. His international career brought him to Antwerp, Paris, England and Wales. He is mainly remembe ...

, Balthasar Paul Ommeganck, Willem Schaeken, Antoon Herry,

Jan Josef Horemans the Younger Jan Josef Horemans the Younger (baptised 15 January 1714 – 9 February 1792) was an 18th-century Flemish painter. He is mainly known for his genre scenes but also painted harbor views, equestrian paintings, portraits and still lifes. Life Jan J ...

, Bartholomeus Jan van Hulst, Jan Baptist Beguinet,

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, Hendrik Blomaert, Frans Balthasar Solvyns, Ignatius Jozef van den Berghe, Godfried Frans Bex and the amateur A. Renodi. The first exhibition of the society was held in Antwerp in 1789. Faes exhibited two flower pieces at this exhibition. Faes was actively involved in the management of the ''Konstmaatschappij'' and helped locate premises for it.Frans Jozef Peter Van den Branden, ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schilderschool'', Antwerpen, 1883, p. 1243-1262 Reginald Howard Wilenski, ''Flemish Painters: 1430-1830'', Viking Press, 1960, p. 418 Other artists including

Mattheus Ignatius van Bree Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (Antwerp, 1773 – Antwerp, 1839) was a Belgian Painting, painter. He was one of the founders of the historical school of painting in Belgium and played an important role as a teacher in the development of 19th-century ...

Maria Jacoba Ommeganck Maria Jacoba Ommeganck (1760 – 16 December 1849) was a Flemish neoclassicistic animal painter, specializing in pictures with cattle. Ommeganck was born in Antwerp in 1760 and baptized on 14 August of that year. She was a daughter of Paul and ...

Marten Waefelaerts Marten Waefelaerts (1748 - 1799) was a Flemish 18th century landscape painter living most of his life in the Holy Roman Empire. He was probably born in Antwerp, but little is known about his early years. He worked in the years 1790–1800. In 179 ...

and many others later joined the ''Konstmaatschappij''.Catalogue du Musée d'Anvers, Second Edition, 1857, p. 463-469 At the end of 1800 the pre-existing artist organisation ''Konstmaatschappij'' was merged with the newly established ''Genootschap der Kunsten''. The merged organisation held meetings so members could discuss each other's works, invited older artists to train the younger generation and organised an annual exhibition of its members' works. Pieter Faes - Medallion with Apollo surrounded by fruits and flowers

Pieter Faes - Medallion with Apollo surrounded by fruits and flowers

His work was very well received and his patrons included Maria Christina, the joint regent of the

. She took many of his paintings back to Vienna upon her return. Through marriage he was linked to the Antwerp

neo-classicist Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassici ...

painter

Andries Cornelis Lens Andries Cornelis Lens or André Corneille Lens (Antwerp, 31 March 1739 – Brussels, 30 March 1822)Andries Lens
at th ...

. He died in Antwerp.

Work

His work continued the manner of painting flowers and fruit of Jan van Huysum.Pieter Faes
at the

Netherlands Institute for Art History The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: ), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center in the world. The center specializes in document ...

His paintings show a fine touch and a harmonious palette. He worked in the decorative style of the Antwerp flower artists who worked in Paris such as

Jan Frans van Dael Jan Frans van Dael or Jean-François van Dael (27 May 1764 – 20 March 1840) was a Flemish painter and lithography, lithographer specializing in still lifes of flowers and fruit. He had a successful career in Paris where his patrons include ...

and Jan Frans Eliaerts. His style was polished but dry. His flower paintings served as models for the Flemish painter Jean-Baptiste Berré.Jean Baptiste Berré
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History

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