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...common in Europe in the days when Toulouse-Lautrec limned Jane Avril. Promoters too often preferred to slap uninspired or badly lettered placards on walls and fences. But in the past six years, U.S. art lovers have become accustomed to seeing the works of Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Lindner and Ben Shahn on posters boosting concerts, festivals and even the presidential campaign. Many of the best were inspired by a Connecticut grandmother and art collector named Vera List...
...four enlisted men-Richard D. Bailey, 19, Jacksonville, Fla.; Michael A. Lindner, 19, Mount Pocono, Pa.; Craig W. Anderson, 20, San Jose, Calif.; and John Barilla, 20, Catonsville, Md.-were slipped out of Japan aboard the Soviet liner Baikal Nov. 11, two days before their desertion was trumpeted in a 16-mm. filmed interview...
Baggy Suits. Bailey decided after seeing peace demonstrations in the U.S. that he "was participating in murder" by assisting in the launching of air strikes from the carrier. Lindner, making the farfetched claim of having seen the flash of bombs dropping on North Viet Nam at night (carriers operate too far from the coast for crewmen to witness strikes), argued that the war was "immoral." Anderson urged others "to follow in our footsteps," said he did not believe the majority of pilots "were in favor of the war" but preferred to remain silent. Barilla declared that he was "against...
Said Robert Motherwell: "I have a deep respect for Pollock. After a slow start, like Van Gogh, he skyrocketed for a few years." Added Richard Lindner: "He broke through the traditions of the European painters. Don't forget the time-when he painted, America was very dependent on European tradition. In 50 years, Pollock will probably be more important than he is today-maybe not as a painter, but for liberation." Said Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, who did not attend the opening: "Pollock broke...
...German Jew who fled the Nazis, Lindner was exposed to the earthy expressionism of Max Beckmann and George Grosz, and he admired the smooth machine-surfaces with which Fernand Leger packaged reality. In the U.S., he developed an appreciation for advertising imagery as an illustrator...