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)

Der Kuss, 1971

Richard Lindner

Der Kuss, 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 2009

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Children, 1950

Richard Lindner

Children, 1950

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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Poupée pain d'épices

Richard Lindner

Poupée pain d'épices

Sale Date: October 30, 2009

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Betsy Ross flag and banner, 1966

Richard Lindner

Betsy Ross flag and banner, 1966

Sale Date: October 23, 2009

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Marilyn was here (bk w/17 works)

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here (bk w/17 works)

Sale Date: October 17, 2009

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Ohne Titel (Frau), 1971

Richard Lindner

Ohne Titel (Frau), 1971

Sale Date: October 31, 2009

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Marilyn was here (suite of 17), 1970

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here (suite of 17), 1970

Sale Date: September 26, 2009

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Man's best friend

Richard Lindner

Man's best friend

Sale Date: October 7, 2009

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Tête d'homme, 1973

Richard Lindner

Tête d'homme, 1973

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Talk to me (+ The snake, color litho,..., 1970

Richard Lindner

Talk to me (+ The snake, color litho,..., 1970

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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O.T. (Frau), 1971

Richard Lindner

O.T. (Frau), 1971

Sale Date: September 19, 2009

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Untitled (from Fun City; 13 works)

Richard Lindner

Untitled (from Fun City; 13 works)

Sale Date: July 1, 2009

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FunCity

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: June 4, 2009

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Circle and pillow (from afternoon suite), 1972

Richard Lindner

Circle and pillow (from afternoon suite), 1972

Sale Date: June 7, 2009

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Untitled, 1960

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1960

Sale Date: June 4, 2009

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Blondie, 1975

Richard Lindner

Blondie, 1975

Sale Date: June 3, 2009

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Pantalon

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: March 29, 2009

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Heart (from The Afternoon Suite), 1969

Richard Lindner

Heart (from The Afternoon Suite), 1969

Sale Date: February 22, 2009

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Chief

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: February 22, 2009

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Man and woman

Richard Lindner

Man and woman

Sale Date: February 22, 2009

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Hit (from Fun City series), 1971

Richard Lindner

Hit (from Fun City series), 1971

Sale Date: February 8, 2009

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Fun city (various sizes; set of 14), 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun city (various sizes; set of 14), 1971

Sale Date: January 28, 2009

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