biography of Anna LYNCH (1865-1946)

Birth place: Elgin, IL

Addresses: Elgin, Chicago, IL

Profession: Painter, miniature painter, portrait painter

Studied: AIC; Académie Julian, Paris with Bouguereau; also with Simon, Cottet, and Debillemont in Paris.

Exhibited: Trans.-Miss. Expo, Omaha, 1898; Chicago AC (prize); P.-P. Expo, San Fran., 1915 (med.); AIC (prize); AIC Alumni (prize); Arché Cl. (prize); PAFA Ann., 1925; Chicago Gal. Art (prizes); Springfield, Ill., 1927 (prizes); Soc. Sanity in A., 1939 (med.).

Member: Chicago PS; Pa.S. Min. P.; Chicago City Commissison for Public Art; Paris A. Women's AA; Chicago AC; Chicago S. Min. P.; Cordon Cl.; Chicago Gal. A.; Lg. Am. Pen Women; De Paul A. Lg.

Work: portraits, Court House, Memorial Hall (both in Chicago), Archibald Church Medical Lib., Northwestern Univ.; miniature, University Gld., Evanston, Ill.; paintings, City Commission, Chicago

Sources: WW40