Edward Lernout (3 May 1931 – 21 December 2019) was a Belgian Flemish painter who lived in Tervuren.
Although he was employed in the marketing and press business until 1990, he presented annually in art galleries from 1970.
Some comments by art critics : "The traditional Flemish medium has not disappeared but is respected and cohabits with the new techniques of the fast approaching 21st century.
He has developed a style which conveys to the observer the 'joie de peindre' so evident in this type of art.
Lernout is an artist richly inspired by man and nature, which enables him to express his love for rural life in sensual and fascinating pictorial interpretations."