Richard
Lindner
The Architect of Urban Eroticism Richard Lindner, born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1901, remains one of the most singular and arresting figures in twentieth-century art. A German-American painter whose vision pulsed with a restless, mechanical energy, his work offers an unsettling yet captivating blend of …
A portrait built from Richard Lindner's own colours
Every 67 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
