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

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Richard Lindner

3 Bl.: "Untitled I", 1971; "Untitled II",..., 1971

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East 69th Street, 1972

Richard Lindner

East 69th Street, 1972

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The snake, 1971

Richard Lindner

The snake, 1971

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Richard Lindner

3 Bl.: "Untitled I", 1971; "Untitled II",..., 1971

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3 Bl.:

Richard Lindner

3 Bl.: "Untitled I", 1971; "Untitled II",..., 1971

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Richard Lindner

3 Bl.: "Untitled I", 1971; "Untitled II",..., 1971

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On (New York City), 1968

Richard Lindner

On (New York City), 1968

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Walker Art Center, 1969

Richard Lindner

Walker Art Center, 1969

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Banner #1, 1964

Richard Lindner

Banner #1, 1964

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Richard Lindner

Profile, 1969

Sale Date: February 28, 2017

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Masked Woman, 1971

Richard Lindner

Masked Woman, 1971

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Shoot (Front), 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot (Front), 1971

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Green Haired Lady, 1971

Richard Lindner

Green Haired Lady, 1971

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Shoot (Back), 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot (Back), 1971

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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From: Marilyn was here (13 works, some lrgr), 1970

Richard Lindner

From: Marilyn was here (13 works, some lrgr), 1970

Sale Date: December 16, 2016

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Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: December 9, 2016

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STRANGER N°1, 1958

Richard Lindner

STRANGER N°1, 1958

Sale Date: December 6, 2016

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Girl with Hoop, 1969

Richard Lindner

Girl with Hoop, 1969

Sale Date: December 8, 2016

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Untiled, 1960

Richard Lindner

Untiled, 1960

Sale Date: December 14, 2016

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Der Kuss, 1971

Richard Lindner

Der Kuss, 1971

Sale Date: November 26, 2016

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On New York City Pop Art, 1960–1979

Richard Lindner

On New York City Pop Art, 1960–1979

Sale Date: September 18, 2016

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ADAM AND EVE

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: November 20, 2016

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PAUSE, 1958–1961

Richard Lindner

PAUSE, 1958–1961

Sale Date: November 18, 2016

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Miss American Indian, 1970

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian, 1970

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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