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)

Truth, 1961

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 17, 2014

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Ace of clubs, 1977

Richard Lindner

Ace of clubs, 1977

Sale Date: May 11, 2014

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Miss American Indian from After noon, 1974

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian from After noon, 1974

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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Betsy Ross Flag and Banner, 1966

Richard Lindner

Betsy Ross Flag and Banner, 1966

Sale Date: May 18, 2014

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Miss American Indian, 1969

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian, 1969

Sale Date: April 23, 2014

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Richard Lindner

Profile (from After Noon), 1969

Sale Date: April 23, 2014

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Gigolo (Aus der Serie Fun City) (from Fun..., 1971

Richard Lindner

Gigolo (Aus der Serie Fun City) (from Fun..., 1971

Sale Date: May 3, 2014

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Fun City NYC, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City NYC, 1969

Sale Date: March 26, 2014

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Letter from New York, 1975

Richard Lindner

Letter from New York, 1975

Sale Date: March 26, 2014

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Miss American Indian, 1970

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian, 1970

Sale Date: March 29, 2014

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Adam and Eve

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: March 16, 2014

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After Noon, 1969

Richard Lindner

After Noon, 1969

Sale Date: February 16, 2014

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Femme sur fond jaune

Richard Lindner

Femme sur fond jaune

Sale Date: February 20, 2014

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Fifth Avenue, 1970

Richard Lindner

Fifth Avenue, 1970

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Lollipop, 1970

Richard Lindner

Lollipop, 1970

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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The Heart, 1969

Richard Lindner

The Heart, 1969

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Heart, 1969

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: December 14, 2013

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Lollipop; Shoot (set of 2), 1969–1971

Richard Lindner

Lollipop; Shoot (set of 2), 1969–1971

Sale Date: December 8, 2013

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Femme au chapeau

Richard Lindner

Femme au chapeau

Sale Date: December 7, 2013

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Truth, 1961

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: November 16, 2013

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Blauer Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Blauer Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: November 28, 2013

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One Plate, from Untitled and Arizona (2 works), 1975

Richard Lindner

One Plate, from Untitled and Arizona (2 works), 1975

Sale Date: November 17, 2013

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Group of color lithographs (4 works, from..., 1971

Richard Lindner

Group of color lithographs (4 works, from..., 1971

Sale Date: November 14, 2013

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