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)

Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17), 1970

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here (portfolio of 17), 1970

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Two women; and Blauer Busenengel, 1970–1978

Richard Lindner

Two women; and Blauer Busenengel, 1970–1978

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Afternoon, 1976

Richard Lindner

Afternoon, 1976

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1951

Richard Lindner

Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1951

Sale Date: April 22, 2021

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Anna Pavlova, 1941

Richard Lindner

Anna Pavlova, 1941

Sale Date: March 23, 2021

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Plate 3, from Untitled (Eugène Ionescu), 1975

Richard Lindner

Plate 3, from Untitled (Eugène Ionescu), 1975

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Fun City, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City, 1969

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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7 plates, from Fun City (7 works), 1971, 1971

Richard Lindner

7 plates, from Fun City (7 works), 1971, 1971

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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AND EVE - 1970, 1970

Richard Lindner

AND EVE - 1970, 1970

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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FIFTH AVENUE, 1971

Richard Lindner

FIFTH AVENUE, 1971

Sale Date: October 23, 2020

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UNTITLED; NUDE ART I

Richard Lindner

UNTITLED; NUDE ART I

Sale Date: October 23, 2020

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Miss American Indian (from the Afternoon..., 1969

Richard Lindner

Miss American Indian (from the Afternoon..., 1969

Sale Date: October 24, 2020

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Portrait of Paul Verlaine, 1945

Richard Lindner

Portrait of Paul Verlaine, 1945

Sale Date: October 31, 2020

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Der Blaue Busenengel

Richard Lindner

Der Blaue Busenengel

Sale Date: July 15, 2020

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My Angel, 1966

Richard Lindner

My Angel, 1966

Sale Date: July 17, 2020

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MUHELY ART

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: June 28, 2020

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Circle and Pillow and Man's Best Friend from , 1974

Richard Lindner

Circle and Pillow and Man's Best Friend from , 1974

Sale Date: June 10, 2020

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The Heart, 1969

Richard Lindner

The Heart, 1969

Sale Date: April 26, 2020

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Couple II, 1969

Richard Lindner

Couple II, 1969

Sale Date: April 26, 2020

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Uptown (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Richard Lindner

Uptown (from the Fun City portfolio), 1971

Sale Date: April 23, 2020

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Room for rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for rent, 1969

Sale Date: April 7, 2020

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Skizze für ein Painting, 1978

Richard Lindner

Skizze für ein Painting, 1978

Sale Date: April 25, 2020

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Marilyn was here, 1970, 1970

Richard Lindner

Marilyn was here, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: May 14, 2020

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Fifth Avenue - 1971, 1971

Richard Lindner

Fifth Avenue - 1971, 1971

Sale Date: March 12, 2020

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