Albert Lynch (1860-1950)

Albert Lynch was a French painter of German and Peruvian ancestry..

He settled in Paris, where he studied at l'École des Beaux-Arts.

Lynch showed his artwork in the Salon in 1890 and 1892 and in the Exposition Universelle of 1900 during which he received a gold medal.

His work maintained the spirit of the Belle Époque.

The women of his time were his favorite subject to paint and he preferred pastel, gouache and watercolor although he occasionally worked in the oil technique.

HHe illustrated such books as Lady of the Camellias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, Le Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac and La Parisienne by Henry Becque.