Gene Lynch

Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960), also known as Gene Lynch, was an American painter and art teacher who taught and worked in Hawaii.

Background

Genevieve Springston was born in Forest Grove, Oregon on September 20, 1891. She studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York and at an art school in Chicago. She taught art at Punahou School, a private school in Honolulu, both before and following her marriage to L. L. Lynch, an executive with Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.Forbes, David W., ''Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941'', Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, p. 253Peter Hastings Falk. (1999). ''Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975'' p. 2089.

Career

Lynch was invited to have a solo show in Paris in 1935. Because of prejudice against female artists, she shortened her professional name and signature to "Gene Lynch". She exhibited in the 1939 Society of Independent Artists show.Clark S. Marlor. ''The Society of Independent Artists: the exhibition record 1917-1944''. Noyes Press; 1984. . p. 371. When Genevieve and her husband retired, they moved to Palo Alto, California, where she continued to paint until her death in 1960.

She is considered to be one of the notable artists of Hawaii that created "distinctly Hawaiian" art, while also using western approaches or materials. Genevieve Springston Lynch is best known for her stylized paintings of exotic plants, such as ''Cup-and-Saucer Flowers'' in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.Genevieve Springston Lynch.
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American women painters
Artists from Hawaii
1891 births
1960 deaths
Painters from Oregon
20th-century American painters
20th-century American women artists