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Richard Lindner Biography
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1901 |
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Born in 1901 in Hamburg, Germany to an American mother and a German father
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1924 - 1927 |
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Lived in Munich
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1925 - 1927 |
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Studied at the Kunstakademie
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1927 - 1928 |
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Lived in Berlin
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1928 |
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Returned to Munich to become art director of a publishing firm
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1933 |
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Forced to flee to Paris, where he became politicaly engaged, sought contact with French artists and earned his living as a commercial artist
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1939 |
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During the War served in the French army
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1941 |
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Immigrated to New York where he quickly became a highly successful illustrator for such magazines as Fortune, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue.
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1948 |
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Became an American citizen
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1965 |
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Became Guest Professor at the Akademie für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
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1952 - 1967 |
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Teacher at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
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1967 |
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Teacher at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven
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1978 |
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Died in New York, 1978
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Walker Art Center,Minneapolis, MN
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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Thyssen - Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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| Links to further information |
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