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)

Heart (from afternoon), 1969

Richard Lindner

Heart (from afternoon), 1969

Sale Date: May 31, 2006

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Kestner Gesellschaft, 1968

Richard Lindner

Kestner Gesellschaft, 1968

Sale Date: May 27, 2006

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Eat art

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 5, 2006

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Three und, 1969

Richard Lindner

Three und, 1969

Sale Date: May 10, 2006

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Guarded woman, 1963

Richard Lindner

Guarded woman, 1963

Sale Date: May 11, 2006

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Head, 1948

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 11, 2006

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European dream, 1955

Richard Lindner

European dream, 1955

Sale Date: May 11, 2006

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"RL", 1966

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: April 29, 2006

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R.Lindner (poster)

Richard Lindner

R.Lindner (poster)

Sale Date: April 7, 2006

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Confrontation, 1977

Richard Lindner

Confrontation, 1977

Sale Date: April 4, 2006

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The pink pussycat Holywood, 1965

Richard Lindner

The pink pussycat Holywood, 1965

Sale Date: April 4, 2006

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Head of a woman, 1966

Richard Lindner

Head of a woman, 1966

Sale Date: April 4, 2006

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Pizza (from New York series), 1971

Richard Lindner

Pizza (from New York series), 1971

Sale Date: April 29, 2006

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Femme au coussin, 1971

Richard Lindner

Femme au coussin, 1971

Sale Date: March 19, 2006

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The couple, 1970

Richard Lindner

The couple, 1970

Sale Date: March 26, 2006

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Ventana trasera, 1971

Richard Lindner

Ventana trasera, 1971

Sale Date: March 21, 2006

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Woman and pants, 1968

Richard Lindner

Woman and pants, 1968

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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24 hour self service (from Fun City), 1971

Richard Lindner

24 hour self service (from Fun City), 1971

Sale Date: January 12, 2006

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Uptown (from New York Fun City), 1968

Richard Lindner

Uptown (from New York Fun City), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Out of towners (from New York Fun City), 1968

Richard Lindner

Out of towners (from New York Fun City), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Lollipop (from New York Fun City), 1968

Richard Lindner

Lollipop (from New York Fun City), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Kiss (from New York Fun City), 1968

Richard Lindner

Kiss (from New York Fun City), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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First Avenue (from New York Fun City), 1968

Richard Lindner

First Avenue (from New York Fun City), 1968

Sale Date: December 7, 2005

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Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, 1968

Richard Lindner

Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2005

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