Jean Benner-Fries, also known as Jean Benner and Jean Benner the elder (1796–1849), was a French painter and
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Career
Benner-Fries was a naturalist painter, with exotic flowers being his preferred subject.
Throughout his life, he worked in Paris and England, but was most active in his native town of Mulhouse, where the Musée de l'impression sur étoffes contains many of his works. His works are held in the municipal museums of Mulhouse,
Caen
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Nantes
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Personal life
Benner-Fries became the father of twin sons,
Emmanuel
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Jean Benner
Jean Benner (28 March 1836, in Mulhouse – 28 October 1906, in Paris) was a French artist, and twin to fellow artist, .
Early life
Twins Jean and Emmanuel Benner were born in March 1836 in Mulhouse, Alsace, France to Jean Benner-Fries.John De ...
, themselves both painters, whose works were exhibited at the
Paris Salon
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