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Gerard van Spaendonck
Dutch painter
Gerard van Spaendonck | |
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Portrait by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay | |
| Born | (1746-03-22)22 March 1746 Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Died | 11 May 1822(1822-05-11) (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Movement | Institut de France |
| Awards | Légion d'honneur |
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 painter Willem Jacob Herreyns (also known as Guillaume-Jacques Herreyns) (1743–1827) in Antwerp.
In 1769 he moved to Paris, where in 1774 he was appointed miniature painter in the court of Louis XVI. In 1780 he succeeded Madeleine Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780) as professor of floral painting at the Jardin des Plantes, and shortly afterwards was elected as a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
Among his pupi