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

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after it had separated from the academy, and he co-founded its successor Pour l'Art in 1892. 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. It also published a satirical newspaper, ''Le Diable au Corps''. In 1903, two works on paper were bought by the

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. 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

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* The poster for the 1902

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* 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

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(1882, published by Kistemaeckers) * First impression of ''

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'' by

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(1882, published by Kistemaeckers) * ''Contes érotico-philosophiques'' by Antoine Aimé Beaufort d'Auberval (1882, published by Kistemaeckers) * ''Au pays de Manneken-Pis'' by

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(1883, published by Kistemaeckers) * ''Le cheveu, conte moral'' by Simon Coiffier de Moret (1883, published by Kistemaeckers) * ''Noëls fin-de-siècle'' by

(1892) * ''Guide de la section de l'état indépendant du Congo à l'exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897'' * ''Les vertus bourgeoises'' by

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(1912, Van Oest) * More than 250 illustrations for ''

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'' by

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(1914, published by Lamertin) * ''L'Enseignement Professionnel En Belgique'', 1921

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynen, Amedee 1852 births 1938 deaths People from Saint-Josse-ten-Noode 19th-century Belgian painters Belgian male painters 19th-century Belgian male artists 20th-century Belgian painters Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels alumni 20th-century Belgian male artists Place of death missing