Amédée Lynen

Amédée Ernest Lynen
Born
Amédée Ernest Lynen

1852
Belgium
Died1938
Occupation(s)Painter, illustrator and writer.
Official poster for the 1902 Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges

Amédée Ernest Lynen (1852–1938), who often signed his works Am. Lynen, was a Belgian painter, illustrator and writer. In 1880, he was one of the founders of the artistic group L'Essor after it had separated from the academy, and he co-founded its successor Pour l'Art in 1892.[1] In 1895, he founded the "Compagnie du Diable-au-corps", an artistic association which organised evenings with theatre and poetry, and which existed at least until 1899.[2] It also published a satirical newspaper, Le Diable au Corps. In 1903, two works on paper were bought by the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.[3] In 1930, a retrospective of his works was organised by the Cercle Artistique et Littéraire in the Vauxhall, Brussels.

Works

Poster for the inauguration of the Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge in 1907
Design by Lynen for the heading of a magazine La vie moderne Les sports
  • Wrote and illustrated Sébastien Vranckx, peintre de moeurs escarmouches et combats (1901, published by Lamertin)
  • Wrote and illustrated Le jaquemart de la tour du pré-rouge (1902, published by Lamertin)
  • Wrote and illustrated L'Oeuvre de Maîtrise (1918, Goossens), with a foreword by Georges Eekhoud
  • The poster for the 1902 Exposition des primitifs flamands à Bruges
  • Posters for exhibitions, performances and festivities

Illustrations for books

Among the many works with one or more illustrations by Lynen can be cited:

Notes

  1. ^ "Saint-Josse-ten-Noode: Rue Amédée Lynen" (in French). Irismonument.be.
  2. ^ Conradt, Marcel (2008). Histoire des theatres a Liege (1850 a 1975), Volume 3 (in French). CEFAL. p. 269. ISBN 9782871302537.
  3. ^ Van Kalck, Michèle (2003). De Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België: twee eeuwen geschiedenis (in Dutch). Lannoo. p. 202. ISBN 9789020951844.