Robert Lindneux
Robert Ottokar Lindneux (born December 11, 1871 in New York City , † November 24, 1970 in Denver ) was an American portrait and genre painter .
Life
Lindneux's family name is of French origin. His father's family, silk merchants by trade , migrated from France to Switzerland when he was a child and his mother was also a French native. After his parents moved to the United States in the 1860s, Lindneux was born in New York City. Both parents died early; his upbringing took over his aunt, who raised him in three languages (English, French and German). Already in his childhood she discovered his artistic talent, got him a painting teacher and enabled him to train in Europe.
Education and years in Europe
At the age of 16, Lindneux first went to the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he attended Benjamin Vautier's class . At that time, he traveled in 1889 to Paris to there the Völkerschau Buffalo Bills to see with a retinue of Indians , Cowboys toured and animals throughout Europe. This is where Lindneux's interest in life in the times of the Wild West was aroused. From 1890 to 1892 he studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris and in 1884 for a semester with Franz Stuck at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . He then worked for various artists in several European cities before he returned to the United States in 1898 after spending a year in London to take part in the Spanish-American War , which was over when he arrived in New York.
Years in the United States
In Boston , Lindneux financed his living by painting portraits and in 1899 went to Denver for a short time in the hope of being able to experience what he had seen at the Völkerschau in Paris. Hoping unfulfilled, he moved on to Billings , Montana . Since then he has repeatedly worked as a trapper , horse farmer and cowboy, and got to know the life that should shape his motives. At this time he also met Charles M. Russell , who advised him to go back to New York in order to better sell his paintings. Lindneux took this advice to heart and went to Brooklyn . However, the expected sales success did not materialize, which is why he had to get by with advertising painting. While attending the Pawnee Bill's Great Far East Show in 1908, he met the Wild West show star, who in real life was named Gordon William Lillie (1860-1942), personally. He introduced Lindneux to his idol Buffalo Bill, whom he was allowed to portray in the original the following day. As early as 1889, after attending the Völkerschau in Paris, Lindneux had painted Buffalo Bill on a horse, using a picture by Rosa Bonheur as a model. 1915 went back to Billings. A year later, Gertrude married Anna Helen, née Tenzer (1891–1971), who had already met in New York. In 1917 they both moved to Wyoming . In 1918 they settled permanently in Denver, where Lindneux was able to devote himself fully to his artistic activities.
Their daughter Marcella Roberta, married Millard (1921–1982), emerged from their marriage to Gertrude.
Western painting
In his works he focused on historical figures, especially on North American natives and animals, but also on landscapes and historical events such as battles or the Sand Creek massacre, for example .
His best known work is a life-size painting with Buffalo Bill on his favorite horse "Isham". It can be seen in the Buffalo Bill Museum on Lookout Mountain west of Denver, where Buffalo Bill's grave is located. Equally well known is “The Trail of Tears” (1942), which documents the expulsion of the Cherokee from the fertile southeastern woodlands of the United States to the rather barren Indian territory in what is now the state of Oklahoma (“ Path of Tears ”). It is now owned by the Woolaroc Museum in Bartlesville , which was founded by Frank Phillips (1873-1950), co-founder of the Phillips Petroleum Company .
Other works are owned by the Colorado History Museum in Denver, administered by the Colorado Historical Society (CHS), the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa , the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan and the National Museum of Wildlife Art , Jackson Hole .
Memberships
Lindneux was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists . In addition, the honorary membership in the Cowboy Club Munich is known.
Web links
- Robert Lindneux (1871-1970) , from American Gallery, accessed March 28, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Robert Ottokar Lindneux , National Museum of Wildlife Art.
- ↑ Christina Millard Smith, Robert Lindneux Millard Jr .: Life of Robert Lindneux (memorial website)
- ^ Elk Emil Eber , Galleria d'Arte Thule.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lindneux, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lindneux, Robert Ottokar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American portrait and genre painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1970 |
| Place of death | Denver , Colorado |