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)

After Noon, 1969

Richard Lindner

After Noon, 1969

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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The Snake

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: October 28, 2016

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Three Figures, 1961

Richard Lindner

Three Figures, 1961

Sale Date: November 1, 2016

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After Noon Portfolio (incomplete set of 7), 1976

Richard Lindner

After Noon Portfolio (incomplete set of 7), 1976

Sale Date: October 5, 2016

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After Noon Portfolio (complete set of 8), 1976

Richard Lindner

After Noon Portfolio (complete set of 8), 1976

Sale Date: October 5, 2016

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ALLIANCE IN ART EXHIBITION

Richard Lindner

ALLIANCE IN ART EXHIBITION

Sale Date: September 17, 2016

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NUDE ART, 1964

Richard Lindner

NUDE ART, 1964

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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AS DE TRÈFLE, 1977

Richard Lindner

AS DE TRÈFLE, 1977

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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NEW YORK CITY NO I, 1964

Richard Lindner

NEW YORK CITY NO I, 1964

Sale Date: September 29, 2016

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Untiled, 1960

Richard Lindner

Untiled, 1960

Sale Date: September 30, 2016

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ADAM AND EVE

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: September 18, 2016

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Lithograph, 1971

Richard Lindner

Lithograph, 1971

Sale Date: July 26, 2016

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Circle and Pillow, 1969

Richard Lindner

Circle and Pillow, 1969

Sale Date: June 4, 2016

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Corsage; Nude Art I; Untitled II (3 works), 1971

Richard Lindner

Corsage; Nude Art I; Untitled II (3 works), 1971

Sale Date: May 28, 2016

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Dame de coeur, 1970

Richard Lindner

Dame de coeur, 1970

Sale Date: May 24, 2016

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 20, 2016

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Shoot (2 works), 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot (2 works), 1971

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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Untitled, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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Marilyn was here, 1970

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here, 1970

Sale Date: April 19, 2016

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UNTITLED

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: April 4, 2016

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Walker Arts Center, 1967

Richard Lindner

Walker Arts Center, 1967

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Fun City, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City, 1969

Sale Date: March 24, 2016

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Earth Mother, 1970–1979

Richard Lindner

Earth Mother, 1970–1979

Sale Date: February 27, 2016

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Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17), 1970

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17), 1970

Sale Date: March 4, 2016

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