RICHARD LINDNER - Works and History

Curriculum Vitae

1901
Born in 1901 in Hamburg, Germany to an American mother and a German father

1924 – 1927
Lived in Munich

1925 – 1927
Studied at the Kunstakademie

1927 – 1928
Lived in Berlin

1928
Returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm

1933
Forced to flee to Paris, where he became politicaly engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist

1939
During the War served in the French army

1941
Immigrated to New York where he quickly became a highly successful illustrator for such magazines as Fortune, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.

1948
Became an American citizen

1965
Became Guest Professor at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Hamburg

1952 – 1967
Teacher at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

1967
Teacher at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven

1978
Died in New York, 1978

Selected Exhibitions

2012
Richard Lindner – Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Bayreuth

2009
Richard Lindner – Ein Nürnberger in New York – Kunst in der Scheune, Nuremberg
Richard Lindner Special Event: In Conversation With Peter Selz – George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004
Richard Lindner – Graphik – Galerie & Edition Bode GmbH, Nuremberg

2002
Richard Lindner – Hilger modern, Vienna

2001
Richard Lindner – Zum 100. Geburtstag – Galerie & Edition Bode GmbH, Nuremberg

2000
Richard Lindner – Zeichnungen – – Galerie Aurel Scheibler – Cologne, Cologne

1998
Richard Lindner – Fundación Juan March, Madrid

1997
Richard Lindner – paintings and watercolors 1948 – 1977 – Haus der Kunst München, Munich

1996
Richard Lindner – paintings and watercolors 1948 – 1977 – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

1987
Richard Lindner – Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden

1979
Richard Lindner – Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul

1978
Richard Lindner: 1901-1978 – MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY

1975
Richard Lindner – Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg

1974
Richard Lindner – Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich