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)

Room for rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for rent, 1969

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Man Walking a Rooster By a Crescent Moon, 1971

Richard Lindner

Man Walking a Rooster By a Crescent Moon, 1971

Sale Date: January 12, 2023

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Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: January 12, 2023

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Fun City NYC, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City NYC, 1969

Sale Date: January 1, 2023

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The Heart Afternoon Portfolio, 1969

Richard Lindner

The Heart Afternoon Portfolio, 1969

Sale Date: January 1, 2023

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Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Richard Lindner

Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Woman with a Yellow Handbag, 1975, 1975

Richard Lindner

Woman with a Yellow Handbag, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: December 9, 2022

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Room For Rent

Richard Lindner

Room For Rent

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Thank You, 1967

Richard Lindner

Thank You, 1967

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Man's Best Friend, 1969

Richard Lindner

Man's Best Friend, 1969

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: October 6, 2022

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Marilyn was here, 1971

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here, 1971

Sale Date: October 13, 2022

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Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Exit, 1970

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Shoot, aus der Serie: Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot, aus der Serie: Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

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Shoot, aus der Serie: Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot, aus der Serie: Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17)

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17)

Sale Date: May 30, 2022

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Portfolio. Fun City, 1971

Richard Lindner

Portfolio. Fun City, 1971

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Fun City/A Suite of Fourteen Works, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fun City/A Suite of Fourteen Works, 1971

Sale Date: May 26, 2022

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Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Boy with Machine, 1954

Richard Lindner

Boy with Machine, 1954

Sale Date: May 9, 2022

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Earth Mother (Tapestry), 1967

Richard Lindner

Earth Mother (Tapestry), 1967

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Fun City Portfolio (the complete set of 12...

Richard Lindner

Fun City Portfolio (the complete set of 12...

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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