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Georges Lemmen

Artist

WA-00028146

PaintingPointillismImpressionism

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None documented

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WikidataQ1963612 ULAN500025073

MoMA

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Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3476
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Georges Lemmen was a Belgian painter and printmaker central to the development of Neo-Impressionism and Divisionism in the 1880s and 1890s. Working primarily in oil and watercolor, he applied systematic pointillist technique to landscapes, interiors, and portrait studies with particular attention to the effects of light and atmospheric condition. Lemmen exhibited with Les XX, the influential Brussels-based avant-garde group, and remained committed to the scientific color theory that defined his practice throughout his career.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Pointillism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (15)

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Woman Sewing

1909 · Watercolor on paper

6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (16.8 x 25.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Seated Woman Reading

1905 · Etching on tan laid paper

Image/plate: 10.9 × 16 cm (4 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 15.4 × 24.2 cm (6 1/8 × 9 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Sitting Reading

1905 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Portrait of Jan Toorop

1901 · Pastel on paperboard

25 × 29 5/8 in. (63.5 × 75.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Das Mappenwerk der Insel

1899 · lithograph on laid paper

sheet: 35.4 × 27.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Avis aux Artistes et Artisans

1895 · Letterpress in black and red on tan Japanese paper

Image: 22.7 × 16.9 cm (8 15/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Sheet: 24.3 × 20 cm (9 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunflowers

1895 · Watercolor, with pen and ink, on paper

61.5 × 47 cm (24 1/4 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Anna Boch

1894 · Conté crayon on off-white laid paper

34 × 29.8 cm (13 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Berthe Serruys

1894 · Conté crayon on cream wove paper

46.8 × 35.5 cm (18 7/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sunflowers

1892 · pen and brush and black ink

overall: 45 x 59 cm (17 11/16 x 23 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of the Artist's Sister

1891 · Oil on canvas

62 × 51 cm (24 7/16 × 20 1/16 in.); Framed: 75.6 × 64.2 × 7 cm (29 3/4 × 25 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bourgeois Interior

1890 · Charcoal, with stumping and black Conté crayon, with touches of white gouache, on cream laid paper, fixed

47 × 59.3 cm (18 9/16 × 23 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Farmhouse in Flanders

1890 · Charcoal on paper

22 1/2 x 18 7/8" (57.1 x 48.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Studies of Madame Lemmen

1885 · charcoal on buff wove paper

overall: 65.5 x 49.5 cm (25 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Interieur met een vrouw zittend aan een tafel met daarop een theeservies

1875 · soft-ground etching on paper

width: 199 cm, height: 150 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (6)

15 published of 16 catalogued · 14 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Nga
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The Met
2 published
MoMA
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Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Interieur met een vrouw zittend aan een tafel met daarop een theeservies
1875 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Woman Sitting Reading
1905 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Interieur met een vrouw zittend aan een tafel met daarop een theeservies (1875 - 1916)

Rijksmuseum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Avis aux Artistes et Artisans (October 1895)

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements2

Pointillism Impressionism

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

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Rijksmuseum

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Selections from the Art Lending Service

New York · 1960