Richard Lindner (1901-1978) - Poet
The work stems from the Fun City portfolio and portrays Allen Ginsburg, the poet and founder of the Beat Generation. Screen print on arches paper, 1970. XLV/LXXV (circulation of 175 in Arabic numerals and 75 in Roman numerals). Dimensions image approx 66*50 cm, frame approx 70*84 cm.
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The work stems from the Fun City portfolio and portrays Allen Ginsburg, the poet and founder of the Beat Generation. Screen print on arches paper, 1970. XLV/LXXV (circulation of 175 in Arabic numerals and 75 in Roman numerals). Dimensions image approx 66*50 cm, frame approx 70*84 cm.
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Biography
German-born painter Richard Lindner studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Nuremberg and the art academy in Munich. In 1941 he emigrated to the U.S. where he worked as an illustrator for a number of magazines. In New York, he began painting in 1952. His work is inspired by the underworld or borrowed from American mass culture. He made figurative art and is considered a forerunner of Pop Art.
