Pieter Faes

[2] At the academy he became acquainted with Georges Frédéric Ziesel and Jan Frans Eliaerts who specialised in flower pieces like him.

Other founders included Hendrik Frans de Cort, Balthasar Paul Ommeganck, Willem Schaeken, Antoon Herry, Jan Josef Horemans the Younger, Bartholomeus Jan van Hulst, Jan Baptist Beguinet, Hendrik Aarnout Myin, Hendrik Blomaert, Frans Balthasar Solvyns, Ignatius Jozef van den Berghe, Godfried Frans Bex and the amateur A. Renodi.

[4][5][6] Other artists including Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, Maria Jacoba Ommeganck, Marten Waefelaerts and many others later joined the Konstmaatschappij.

[5][4] At the end of 1800 the pre-existing artist organisation Konstmaatschappij was merged with the newly established Genootschap der Kunsten.

[5] His work was very well received and his patrons included Maria Christina, the joint regent of the Austrian Netherlands.

Still life of flowers in an urn on a stone ledge, with peaches and grapes
Medallion with Apollo surrounded by fruits and flowers