Trail of Tears - Painting by Robert Lindneux
Robert Ottakar Lindneux (1871-1970) was an American painter best known for his
western genre and portrait paintings. As a young man, he studied in Europe under
Benjamin Vautier at the National Academy of Art in Düsseldorf. He also
attended classes at The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Academy in Munich
where he studied with Frank Stuck.
Returning to America in 1899,
Lindneux traveled west and eventually settled in Denver, Colorado. The Colorado
environment greatly inspired him and his best works were painted there. During
his lifetime, Lindneux attained mostly local recognition. However, after his
death in 1970, his fame has steadily increased.
Lindneux was a member of the Royal Society of Artists and his work is recognized
in many private collections and museums, including the Thomas Gilcrease
Institute, the Whitney Gallery of Western American Art, the Frank Phillips
Museum, the Colorado Historical Society, the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum, and
the National Museum of Wildlife Art, which houses one painting and seventeen of
his drawings. His most famous work, The Trail of Tears, was painted in
1942 and is on display in the Woolaroc Museum,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
