Richard Lindner

(American/German, 1901–1978)

Richard Lindner was an American-German artist known for his bizarrely erotic portraits which meld human figures with machine-like elements. With their bold outlines and stretches of gradient color, Lindner’s figures are reminiscent of those by Fernand Léger. The artist’s 1954 painting Boy with Machine was famously used by the French authors Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s as the cover of their book Anti-Oedipus (1972). “An artist must remain a child, with an interest in unimportant things,” he once said. Born on November 11, 1901 in Hamburg, Germany, his family moved to the city of Nuremberg in 1905, where his mother ran a boutique corset shop. A talented musician as a youth, Lindner’s interest in visual art led him to attend the Kunstakademie in Munich, where he studied from 1925 until 1927. In 1929, he became the art director at Knorr & Hirth, a large publishing house, where he worked until 1933. Being of Jewish descent, Lindner fled to Paris to avoid arrest by the Nazi regime during the mid-1930s. In 1941, he moved to New York and worked as an illustrator for numerous publications, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Fortune. By 1952, Lindner had stopped his commercial assignments in order to devote his time completely to painting. The artist died on April 16, 1978 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, among others.

Richard Lindner Artworks

Richard Lindner (1,626 results)

Corsage, 1971

Richard Lindner

Corsage, 1971

Sale Date: June 16, 2018

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Study of three women, 1961

Richard Lindner

Study of three women, 1961

Sale Date: June 14, 2018

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3 sheets: Woman - Posters at Pace - Ace, 1971

Richard Lindner

3 sheets: Woman - Posters at Pace - Ace, 1971

Sale Date: June 7, 2018

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Untitled, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: May 29, 2018

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The Pink Pussy Cat (Santa Monica Blvd.), 1965

Richard Lindner

The Pink Pussy Cat (Santa Monica Blvd.), 1965

Sale Date: June 2, 2018

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Der Rosenkavalier, 1977, 1977

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier, 1977, 1977

Sale Date: May 23, 2018

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Group of 11 lithographs, 1971

Richard Lindner

Group of 11 lithographs, 1971

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: May 22, 2018

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Hit from Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Hit from Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: May 3, 2018

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Fatal Stop, 1968

Richard Lindner

Fatal Stop, 1968

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Earth Mother, 1970

Richard Lindner

Earth Mother, 1970

Sale Date: May 1, 2018

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Untitled, 1975, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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Woman, 1975

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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Sans titre, 1967–1971

Richard Lindner

Sans titre, 1967–1971

Sale Date: March 28, 2018

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After Noon (Complete Suite of 8), 1976

Richard Lindner

After Noon (Complete Suite of 8), 1976

Sale Date: March 3, 2018

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Study for Changing Sexuality (Triptych), 1968

Richard Lindner

Study for Changing Sexuality (Triptych), 1968

Sale Date: March 2, 2018

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Corsage

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: February 24, 2018

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Heart from the

Richard Lindner

Heart from the "After Noon" Portfolio, 1969

Sale Date: January 24, 2018

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Study of three women, 1961

Richard Lindner

Study of three women, 1961

Sale Date: December 12, 2017

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Official, 1954

Richard Lindner

Official, 1954

Sale Date: December 2, 2017

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First Avenue, 1968

Richard Lindner

First Avenue, 1968

Sale Date: December 6, 2017

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Untitled (Figure with Garter Belt), 1965

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Figure with Garter Belt), 1965

Sale Date: November 15, 2017

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6 Bl.:

Richard Lindner

6 Bl.: "Untitled I" (3 works), 1971

Sale Date: November 15, 2017

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6 Bl.:

Richard Lindner

6 Bl.: "Untitled I" (3 works), 1971

Sale Date: November 15, 2017

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