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)

Figures, 1970–1979

Richard Lindner

Figures, 1970–1979

Sale Date: January 27, 2015

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We are all one (from Portfolio 9), 1967

Richard Lindner

We are all one (from Portfolio 9), 1967

Sale Date: August 14, 2014

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Room for rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for rent, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2014

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Talk to me, 1969

Richard Lindner

Talk to me, 1969

Sale Date: December 12, 2014

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Room for Rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for Rent, 1969

Sale Date: December 11, 2014

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Fetisch Woman, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fetisch Woman, 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Fun City N.Y.C, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City N.Y.C, 1971

Sale Date: December 10, 2014

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Fun City: Gigolo / Shoot 2, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City: Gigolo / Shoot 2, 1971

Sale Date: November 29, 2014

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Untitled (Figure with Garter Belt), 1965

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Figure with Garter Belt), 1965

Sale Date: December 4, 2014

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Blondie, 1975

Richard Lindner

Blondie, 1975

Sale Date: November 20, 2014

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Afternoon (portfolio with complete text and 8), 1976

Richard Lindner

Afternoon (portfolio with complete text and 8), 1976

Sale Date: November 12, 2014

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Poupée Eat Art, 1970

Richard Lindner

Poupée Eat Art, 1970

Sale Date: October 19, 2014

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Earth Mother

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: October 27, 2014

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Circle and Pillow (from The Afternoon Series)

Richard Lindner

Circle and Pillow (from The Afternoon Series)

Sale Date: October 8, 2014

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Shoot, 1969

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Rear Window, 1975

Richard Lindner

Rear Window, 1975

Sale Date: September 25, 2014

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Couple II, 1969

Richard Lindner

Couple II, 1969

Sale Date: September 24, 2014

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Figures (portfolio of 12, some smllr), 1960–1979

Richard Lindner

Figures (portfolio of 12, some smllr), 1960–1979

Sale Date: September 18, 2014

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After Noon (portfolio of 8 works), 1969

Richard Lindner

After Noon (portfolio of 8 works), 1969

Sale Date: August 10, 2014

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Untitled I, 1971

Richard Lindner

Untitled I, 1971

Sale Date: June 28, 2014

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Heart (from the After Noon Portfolio), 1969

Richard Lindner

Heart (from the After Noon Portfolio), 1969

Sale Date: June 12, 2014

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Thank you, 1967

Richard Lindner

Thank you, 1967

Sale Date: May 28, 2014

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New York - Fun City (portfolio of 13..., 1971

Richard Lindner

New York - Fun City (portfolio of 13..., 1971

Sale Date: June 7, 2014

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Sans titre (Femme debout aux éperons), 1973

Richard Lindner

Sans titre (Femme debout aux éperons), 1973

Sale Date: June 5, 2014

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