Jean Benner-Fries

[1] He was born in 1764 Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, Alsace,[1] or, by other accounts, in Staufen, Switzerland (until 1798, Mulhouse was an independent Republic with stronger ties to Switzerland than to France.

)[2] Benner-Fries was a naturalist painter, with exotic flowers being his preferred subject.

[4] His works are held in the municipal museums of Mulhouse, Caen, Nice, Bale, Belfort, Bern, Châlons, Colmar, Douai, Le Havre, Limoux, Nantes, Paris, Pau and Strasbourg.

[4] Benner-Fries became the father of twin sons, Emmanuel and Jean Benner, themselves both painters, whose works were exhibited at the Paris Salon beginning in 1867.

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