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)

Woman on Pillow, Afternoon Suite

Richard Lindner

Woman on Pillow, Afternoon Suite

Sale Date: February 22, 2016

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Miss American Indian, After Noon series

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian, After Noon series

Sale Date: February 22, 2016

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How it All Began, After Noon series

Richard Lindner

How it All Began, After Noon series

Sale Date: February 22, 2016

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NUDE ART, 1964

Richard Lindner

NUDE ART, 1964

Sale Date: February 22, 2016

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Room for Rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for Rent, 1969

Sale Date: February 9, 2016

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Girl with Hoop, 1969

Richard Lindner

Girl with Hoop, 1969

Sale Date: December 9, 2015

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Der Kuss, 1971

Richard Lindner

Der Kuss, 1971

Sale Date: December 3, 2015

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After noon, 1969

Richard Lindner

After noon, 1969

Sale Date: December 4, 2015

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Walker Arts Center, 1967

Richard Lindner

Walker Arts Center, 1967

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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Fun City, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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Pillow and Almost a Circle, 1969

Richard Lindner

Pillow and Almost a Circle, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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Untitled (Nude on Yellow Background), 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Nude on Yellow Background), 1975

Sale Date: November 15, 2015

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Three Figures, 1961

Richard Lindner

Three Figures, 1961

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Untitled, 1970

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1970

Sale Date: November 10, 2015

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Lollipop, 1970

Richard Lindner

Lollipop, 1970

Sale Date: October 21, 2015

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Fun City (portfolio with 14 works), 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City (portfolio with 14 works), 1971

Sale Date: November 12, 2015

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Nude on yellow Backround

Richard Lindner

Nude on yellow Backround

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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The Snake

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Talk to me

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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Man Walking a Rooster by a Crescent Moon (+..., 1971

Richard Lindner

Man Walking a Rooster by a Crescent Moon (+..., 1971

Sale Date: October 20, 2015

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After Noon, 1976

Richard Lindner

After Noon, 1976

Sale Date: October 20, 2015

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Hit, from Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Hit, from Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: October 5, 2015

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Hommes aux chapeaux

Richard Lindner

Hommes aux chapeaux

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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Banner #4, 1971

Richard Lindner

Banner #4, 1971

Sale Date: September 29, 2015

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