Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960) was an American painter. She 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 and Cooke. When Genevieve and her husband retired, they moved to Palo Alto California, where she continued to paint until her death in 1960.
Genevieve Springston Lynch is best known for her stylized paintings of exotic plants, such as Cup-and-Saucer Flowers. The Honolulu Museum of Art is among the public collections holding works of Genevieve Springston Lynch.
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