Georges Lemmen

Georges Lemmen
Born	25 November 1865 Schaerbeek, Belgium
Died	5 June or 5 July 1916 Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Known for	painting
Notable work	The Beach at Heist, Aline Marechal, Vase of Flowers
Movement	Neo-impressionism, Post-Impressionism, modern art

Exhibition poster for La Libre Esthétique, Designed by Georges Lemmen, 1910

Georges Lemmen (1865, Schaerbeek – 1916, Brussels) was a neo-impressionist painter from Belgium. He was a member of Les XX from 1888.[1] His works include The Beach at Heist, Aline Marechal and Vase of Flowers. Yvonne Serruys studied in his workshop in Brussels from 1892 to 1894.

Gallery

• 
  Plage a Heist (The Beach at Heist), c. 1891–92, Musée d'Orsay, Paris[2]
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  Profile of a young boy, colored drawing (1911)
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  Girl with doll, 1904
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  Portrait of Mme. Lemmen, 1893

Bibliography

• P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, p. 418.

See also

• Pointillism
• Georges Seurat
• History of painting
• Western painting
• Post-Impressionism

References

1. Ploegaerts, Léon; Puttemans, Pierre (1987). L'œuvre architecturale de Henry van de Velde (in French). Presses Université Laval. p. 462. ISBN 978-2-7637-7112-0.
2. [pidLi=509&tx_commentaire_pi1 from=841&cHash=a3d95cd104 Musée d'Orsay bio

External links

• http://www.abcgallery.com/P/pointillism/lemmen.html