Albert Lynch Nude Paintings

Albert Lynch was born in Lima in 1851. Lynch studied art at École Nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and in the studios of the figure painters Gabriel Ferrier and Henri Lehmann and the landscape painter Jules Noël. He exhibited at the Salon from 1890 and was awarded a 3rd class medal in that year, a 1st class medal in 1892 and a gold medal in 1900 at the Exposition Universelle. Lynch specialized in painting female subjects to which he brought a charming elegance and sophistication typical of such belle epoque paintings. He worked most often in pastel or watercolor, although he occasionally used oils and provided illustrations for two books, La Dame aux Camélias by Dumas fils and La Parisienne by Henry Becque. He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1901.