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)
Lindner 1967 Fondation Maeght, adults only, 1979

Richard Lindner

Lindner 1967 Fondation Maeght, adults only, 1979

Sale Date: May 6, 2008

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Circle and pillow (from Afternoon suite), 1972

Richard Lindner

Circle and pillow (from Afternoon suite), 1972

Sale Date: April 28, 2008

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The academician, 1950–1951

Richard Lindner

The academician, 1950–1951

Sale Date: April 29, 2008

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sans titre

Sale Date: March 30, 2008

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Sans titre

Richard Lindner

Sans titre

Sale Date: March 30, 2008

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Talk to me, 1970

Richard Lindner

Talk to me, 1970

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Uptown (from Fun City), 1971

Richard Lindner

Uptown (from Fun City), 1971

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Man's best friend, 1970

Richard Lindner

Man's best friend, 1970

Sale Date: February 22, 2008

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Afternoon (set of 8; w/title & justif.), 1976

Richard Lindner

Afternoon (set of 8; w/title & justif.), 1976

Sale Date: February 8, 2008

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Fun City (album of 13; w/title & justif.), 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City (album of 13; w/title & justif.), 1971

Sale Date: February 8, 2008

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Ur: Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Ur: Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: December 17, 2007

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Shoot (from Fun City), 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot (from Fun City), 1971

Sale Date: December 17, 2007

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Ur: Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Ur: Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: December 17, 2007

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Miss American Indian, 1977

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian, 1977

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Ace of Clubs, 1977

Richard Lindner

Ace of Clubs, 1977

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Fifth Avenue

Richard Lindner

Fifth Avenue

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Pillow and almost a circle, 1969

Richard Lindner

Pillow and almost a circle, 1969

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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On (New York City), 1968

Richard Lindner

On (New York City), 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2007

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Selbstbildnis im Konvexspiegel, 1974

Richard Lindner

Selbstbildnis im Konvexspiegel, 1974

Sale Date: November 29, 2007

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Woman

Richard Lindner

Woman

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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New York

Richard Lindner

New York

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Man and Woman

Richard Lindner

Man and Woman

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Der Kuss

Richard Lindner

Der Kuss

Sale Date: December 7, 2007

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Sans titre, 1969

Richard Lindner

Sans titre, 1969

Sale Date: November 28, 2007

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