Amédée Lynen Explained
| Amédée Ernest Lynen |
| Birth Name: | Amédée Ernest Lynen |
| Birth Date: | 1852 |
| Birth Place: | Belgium |
| Death Date: | 1938 |
| Death Place: | n/a |
| Occupation: | Painter, illustrator and writer. |
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
- 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:
- Le Théâtrè a la Maison by Émile Leclercq
- La femme de Roland by Pierre Elzéar (1882, published by Kistemaeckers)
- First impression of À vau-l'eau by Joris-Karl Huysmans (1882, published by Kistemaeckers)
- Contes érotico-philosophiques by Antoine Aimé Beaufort d'Auberval (1882, published by Kistemaeckers)
- Au pays de Manneken-Pis by Theodore Hannon (1883, published by Kistemaeckers)
- Le cheveu, conte moral by Simon Coiffier de Moret (1883, published by Kistemaeckers)
- Noëls fin-de-siècle by Theodore Hannon (1892)
- Guide de la section de l'état indépendant du Congo à l'exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897
- Les vertus bourgeoises by Henri Carton de Wiart (1912, Van Oest)
- More than 250 illustrations for The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak by Charles De Coster (1914, published by Lamertin)
- L'Enseignement Professionnel En Belgique, 1921
Notes and References
- Web site: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode: Rue Amédée Lynen. Irismonument.be. French.
- Book: Conradt, Marcel. Histoire des theatres a Liege (1850 a 1975), Volume 3. 2008. CEFAL. 9782871302537. 269. French.
- Book: Van Kalck, Michèle. De Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België: twee eeuwen geschiedenis. 2003. Lannoo. 9789020951844. 202. Dutch.
