Joris van son biography books

Joris van Son was born in Antwerp where he was accepted in as a member of the guild of St. Luke and where he worked until his death in

BIOGRAPHY.

Joris van Son or Georg van Son was a Flemish still life painter who worked in a number of sub-genres but is principally known for his still lifes of fruit.

Joris van Son or Georg van Son was a Flemish still life painter who worked in a number of sub-genres but is principally known for his fruit still lifes.

His work: Joris van Son is a painter specialized in still lifes of fruits, flowers, banquets, vanities, but also paintings of garlands and pronkstillevens, that.

Joris van Son or Georg van Son was a Flemish still life painter who worked in a number of sub-genres but is principally known for his still lifes of fruit....

Joris van Son

Pieta With A Garland Of Fruit

Pink Roses, Blackberries, Figs, Plums, Grapes, Cherries And Other Fruits And Flowers

Fruit And Flowers

Still Life With Fruit And Boiled Crayfish

Still-Life of Fruit

Still-Life with Cheese

Still-Life

Allegory on Human Life

Fruits and flowers

Still Life with a Lobster

Still Life with Fruit and Boiled Crayfish

Joris van Son (1623–1667) was a highly popular Flemish Baroque painter of fruit and flowers, in banquet style on a plank, but also in garland form.

Biography

He seems to have been influenced by Jan Davidszoon de Heem, since his subjects follow his style quite closely.[1] According to Houbraken his paintings were prized for preserving summer plenty in the middle of winter.

In a poem by Cornelis de Bie, it is written that his fruits would tempt a pregnant woman.[2] His paintings hang in many European museums, and the Dutch RKD has over 70 known works by him