page_title: Jan Frans van Son
section_title: Work
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Frans van Son / Work
context_page_description: Jan Frans van Son or Frans van Son was a Flemish still life painter. The son of the prominent Antwerp still life painter Joris van Son, he trained with another prominent still life artist Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder. He left for England at a young age and had a successful career in London. He painted flower pieces, fruit still lifes and banquet still lifes.
context_section_description: Jan Frans van Son was a still life painter who painted flower pieces, fruit still lifes, banquet still lifes and garland paintings.  He signed his works "J van Son" or "JF van Son".
  His style is unlike that of his father as he did not train with him.  His style is more in line with that of his teacher Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder and some paintings formerly attributed to a follower of Jan Pauwel Gillemans the Elder have been re-attributed to him.  This includes three still lifes at the Dulwich Picture Gallery.  These works likely were part of a larger set of interior decoration and were probably intended as overdoors and as an overmantel.
  When Weyerman moved to London, van Son had recently died. Weyerman took over his unfinished flower paintings and sketches and finished them.
caption: Still life with fruit, flowers and crayfish
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