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)

Ohne Titel (Skizze für ein Painting), 1978

Richard Lindner

Ohne Titel (Skizze für ein Painting), 1978

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Uptown, 1968

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: November 29, 2018

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European Dream, 1955

Richard Lindner

European Dream, 1955

Sale Date: November 29, 2018

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Untitled (Nude Art), 1964

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Nude Art), 1964

Sale Date: November 18, 2018

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C. E. 380, 1960

Richard Lindner

C. E. 380, 1960

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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UNTITLED, 1970

Richard Lindner

UNTITLED, 1970

Sale Date: October 20, 2018

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TO NORMA AND BILL, 1965

Richard Lindner

TO NORMA AND BILL, 1965

Sale Date: October 20, 2018

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Untitled (Happy Birthday), 1959

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Happy Birthday), 1959

Sale Date: October 17, 2018

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Untitled, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled, 1975

Sale Date: October 7, 2018

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Untitled (Nude on Yellow Background), 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Nude on Yellow Background), 1975

Sale Date: October 7, 2018

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Fun City NYC, 1969

Richard Lindner

Fun City NYC, 1969

Sale Date: October 7, 2018

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Room for rent, 1969

Richard Lindner

Room for rent, 1969

Sale Date: September 26, 2018

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“Spoleto 1957–1967”

Richard Lindner

“Spoleto 1957–1967”

Sale Date: September 26, 2018

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3 Biennale Internationale D'Estampe

Richard Lindner

3 Biennale Internationale D'Estampe

Sale Date: September 28, 2018

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An American Portrait, 1976

Richard Lindner

An American Portrait, 1976

Sale Date: August 23, 2018

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St. Marks, 1971

Richard Lindner

St. Marks, 1971

Sale Date: August 23, 2018

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Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Lindner

Der Rosenkavalier

Sale Date: August 2, 2018

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Hit, 1971

Richard Lindner

Sale Date: July 19, 2018

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Untitled (Man with Hat), from Eugène Ionescu, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Man with Hat), from Eugène Ionescu, 1975

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

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Untitled (Man with Bow Tie), from, 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Man with Bow Tie), from, 1975

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

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Untitled (Cowgirl Nude), 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Cowgirl Nude), 1975

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

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Untitled (Lady with Purse), from Eugène..., 1975

Richard Lindner

Untitled (Lady with Purse), from Eugène..., 1975

Sale Date: July 26, 2018

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Richard Lindner

Sale Date: July 22, 2018

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After Noon portfolio, 1976

Richard Lindner

After Noon portfolio, 1976

Sale Date: July 19, 2018

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