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)

Untitled, 1954–1954

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1954–1954

Sale Date: May 3, 1989

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GIRL, 1955–1955

Richard Lindner

GIRL, 1955–1955

Sale Date: May 3, 1989

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HIT

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: May 3, 1989

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HOMMAGE A BRECHT, 1968–1968

Richard Lindner

HOMMAGE A BRECHT, 1968–1968

Sale Date: May 3, 1989

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Untitled, 1962–1962

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1962–1962

Sale Date: February 15, 1989

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Untitled

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: February 15, 1989

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Hit

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: February 15, 1989

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Untitled, 1977–1977

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1977–1977

Sale Date: February 15, 1989

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CARDPLAYER; AND ANOTHER

Richard Lindner

CARDPLAYER; AND ANOTHER

Sale Date: December 9, 1988

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Coney Island, 1961

Richard Lindner

Coney Island, 1961

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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Untitled 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled 1975

Sale Date: December 1, 1988

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L'academicien, 1950–1951

Richard Lindner

L'academicien, 1950–1951

Sale Date: November 11, 1988

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Coney Island II, 1964–1964

Richard Lindner

Coney Island II, 1964–1964

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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L'as de trefle, 1973–1973

Richard Lindner

L'as de trefle, 1973–1973

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Jacques, 1965

Richard Lindner

Jacques, 1965

Sale Date: November 10, 1988

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Richard Lindner

HOW IT ALL BEGAN; MISS AMERICAN INDIAN; , 1976–1976

Sale Date: November 2, 1988

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LOLLIPOP, FROM FUN CITY, NEW YORK..., 1971–1971

Richard Lindner

LOLLIPOP, FROM FUN CITY, NEW YORK..., 1971–1971

Sale Date: November 2, 1988

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PIZZA; POET; ON NYC; OUT OF TOWNERS..., 1971–1971

Richard Lindner

PIZZA; POET; ON NYC; OUT OF TOWNERS..., 1971–1971

Sale Date: November 2, 1988

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Sketch for 'nude art', 1964–1964

Richard Lindner

Sketch for 'nude art', 1964–1964

Sale Date: October 5, 1988

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Man with cock

Richard Lindner

Man with cock

Sale Date: October 3, 1988

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Uptown

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: October 3, 1988

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Swan amongst reeds, 1950–1950

Richard Lindner

Swan amongst reeds, 1950–1950

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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Figure, 1950–1950

Richard Lindner

Figure, 1950–1950

Sale Date: June 30, 1988

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Coney Island, 1961–1961

Richard Lindner

Coney Island, 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 26, 1988

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