biographie de Richard LINDNER (1901-1978)

Birth place: Hamburg, Germany

Death place: NYC?

Addresses: Came to the U. S. in 1941, settling in NYC

Profession: Painter, illustrator, teacher

Studied: Nuremburg Sch. FA, 1922; Munich Acad., 1924.

Exhibited: WMAA, 1956-67; PAFA Ann., 1962; Corcoran Gal. biennial, 1965

Member: NIAL

Work: MoMA; Dallas MA; WMAA; Mus. Nat. Arte Mod., Paris, France; Tate Gal. Art, London, Eng.; Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Awards: Lichtwerk Award, Hamburg, 1970.

Comments: Abstract figure painter known for his hard-edged forms, flat, bright colors and austere characters. The latter include women cast as circus performers or streetwalkers, mechanistic mannequins, ambiguous figures in military uniforms, policemen, and other types drawn from popular culture and literature, configured in mysterious or surreal situations suggestive of personal dreams and obsessions. Teaching: prof. painting, Pratt Inst., 1952-64; vis. artist, Yale Univ., 1962-63. Illustrator: Vogue, 1941-50. Teaching: PIA Sch., 1951-65.

Sources: WW73; Baigell, Dictionary; Dore Ashton, R. Lindner (Abrams, 1970); R.G. Dienst, R. Lindner (Thames & Hudson, London, 1970); S. Tillim, R. Lindner (William & Noma Copley Found., Chicago); Falk, Exh. Record Series.