Albert Lynch (1860–1950) was a Parisian painter of German-Peruvian ancestry.

Biography

Alberto Fernando Lynch was born on 26 September 1860 in

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in the Rhineland of Germany, and baptised there on 21 March 1861. His father, Diego Lynch, had been born in Chachapoyas, Peru in November 1812, the son of a family of merchants, and had moved to Paris in the late 1840s. His mother was Adele Bertha Emma Koeffler (born 1834 or 1835), the daughter of Thomas Koeffler, a German landscape painter who was working in Paris in the 1850s. The two had married in New York on 9 May 1852.A
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from 2016 on the "Art Detective" board of the

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website investigates Lynch's career and family background in some depth, with detailed referencing. Accessed 17 October 2019 The family returned to

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, where Albert Lynch subsequently studied at l'

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, under the guidance of painters

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and

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. He showed a portrait at the

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in 1879, and continued to exhibit there regularly until at least 1934. At the Exposition Universelle of 1900 he received a gold medal. The women of his time were his favorite subject to paint and he preferred

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and

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although he occasionally worked in the oil technique. His work maintained the spirit of the ''

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''. He illustrated such books as ''

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'' by

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, '' Le Père Goriot'' by

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and ''La Parisienne'' by

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. Lynch moved to Monaco in 1930, where he died in 1950, survived by his wife Marie Anna Victoria Bacouel, who he had married in Paris on 28 October 1896. Some confusion can be found in reference works about the dates and places of Lynch's birth and death. Given the strong anti-German feeling in Paris after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870–1871, Lynch seems to have been happy to play up the Peruvian side of his background, and it seems to have become generally circulated that he had been born in Peru, in

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or Trujillo. A date of birth of 1851, and date of death of 1912, have also become frequently presented.''

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'' (2011)
Albert Lynch
"Peruvian, 19th century, male. Active in France. Born 1851, in Lima; died 1912." Accessed 18 October 2019. None of this is correct.

Gallery

Albert Lynch - Jeanne d'Arc.jpg, A 1903 engraving of

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by Lynch featured in the ''Figaro Illustre'' magazine File:Albert Lynch - Beautiful Betty.jpg, ''Beautiful Betty'' File:Albert Lynch A young beauty.jpg, ''A Young Beauty'' File:Albert_lynch_a_beautiful_lady_with_red_hair.jpg, ''A Young Beauty With Red Hair'' File:Lynch Albert L heure Du The.jpg, ''L heure Du Thé (Tea Time)'' File:Albert Lynch Une Femme Prenant le Thé.jpg, ''Une Femme Prenant le Thé (A Lady Having Tea)'' File:Lynch Albert Fresh From The Garden.jpg, ''Fresh From The Garden'' File: Albert Lynch portrait d'une jeune femme.jpg, ''Portrait of a Young Woman'', 1890 File: Albert_Lynch_femmes_prenant_le_thé.jpg, ''Femmes Prenant le Thé'' (''Women Having Tea'') File:Portrait d'une femme par Albert Lynch.jpg, ''Portrait of a Woman'', 1895 File:AlbertLynch The JollyBoat Large.jpg, ''

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And Her Lover Des Grieux Are Set Ashore In Louisiana (1896)'' File:Lynch Albert - Jeune femme au chapeau.jpg, ''Young woman with a Hat'' File:Lynch Albert A Summer Stroll.jpg, ''A Summer Stroll'' File:Lynch Albert A Young Beauty With Flowers In Her Hair.jpg, ''A Young Beauty With Flowers In Her Hair'' File:Lynch Albert The Letter.jpg, ''The Letter'' File:Damaconturbantenegro albert lynch 1851-1912.jpg, ''Woman with Black Turban'' File:Lynch Albert At The Bullfight.jpg, ''At The Bullfight'' File:Lynch Albert Portrait Of An Elegant Lady.jpg, ''Portrait Of An Elegant Lady'' File:Lynch Albert A Lady With A Fan.jpg, ''A Lady With A Fan'' File:Albert_Lynch_An_Elegant_Lady_Being_Dressed_by_her_Maid.jpg, ''An Elegant Lady Being Dressed'' File:Albert_Lynch_A_Lady_and_her_Chambermaid.jpg, ''A Lady and Her Chambermaid''

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