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)

Shoot, 1971

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 3, 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: April 7, 2022

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Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Richard Lindner

Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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after noon, 1969

Richard Lindner

after noon, 1969

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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After Noon Portfolio (Set of 8)

Richard Lindner

After Noon Portfolio (Set of 8)

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Richard Lindner

Washington Holiday, from An American..., 1975

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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The Kiss, 1971

Richard Lindner

The Kiss, 1971

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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HOMME A L'AS DE TREFLE, 1975, 1975

Richard Lindner

HOMME A L'AS DE TREFLE, 1975, 1975

Sale Date: November 26, 2021

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Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Pillow and Almost a Circle, 1969

Richard Lindner

Pillow and Almost a Circle, 1969

Sale Date: October 29, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1965

Richard Lindner

Senza titolo, 1965

Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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Afternoon Suite (Set of 8)

Richard Lindner

Afternoon Suite (Set of 8)

Sale Date: October 14, 2021

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Nude in Art, 1964

Richard Lindner

Nude in Art, 1964

Sale Date: October 30, 2021

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On (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

On (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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Lollipop (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

Lollipop (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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Girl with Hoop (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

Girl with Hoop (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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Shoot (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

Shoot (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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Uptown (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

Uptown (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: August 11, 2021

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HIT, 1969

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Blauer Busenengel, 1970

Richard Lindner

Blauer Busenengel, 1970

Sale Date: July 7, 2021

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Richard Lindner

Profile, 1969

Sale Date: June 17, 2021

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The Painter and His Model, 1952

Richard Lindner

The Painter and His Model, 1952

Sale Date: June 15, 2021

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Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier (Metropolitan Opera), 1978

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Girl (Untitled), 1969

Richard Lindner

Girl (Untitled), 1969

Sale Date: May 14, 2021

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