The Resistible rise of arturo ui artist richard lindner original art poster from 1968

Original poster for the 1968 New York Broadway production of the 1941 play, with Robin Gammell as Ui. It was directed by Edward Payson Call and ran for 10 performances. The original play was written by German playwright Bertolt Brecht. ABOUT RICHARD LINDNER A successful illustrator for Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, Richard Lindner took up painting in his 1950s, drawing on expressionistic exaggeration, Surrealist fantasy, and Cubist manipulations of form. He became known for erotic and enigmatic renderings, first based on memories from his childhood in Germany and later inspired by the vulgar, fetishistic aspects of life in New York. His harsh colors and highly defined outlines exaggerated the garishness of the streetwalkers, circus women, and men in uniform that became his favorite subjects. Overtones of Berlin’s cabaret culture of the 1930s infuse his style. Although his work shares some aspects of Pop art, he avoided the association.