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Tod Lindenmuth
1885–1976
BirthplaceAllentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Death placeSt. Augustine, Florida, United States of America
BiographyLandscape painter and printmaker Tod Lindenmuth is best known as a member of the important artists’ community in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Lindemuth was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of a trained painter who ran a photography shop and taught him the techniques of photography. He studied at the New York School of Art, where his teachers included influential artist Robert Henri and other artists with close ties to Provincetown. Lindenmuth first exhibited his woodcuts there in 1915, and the following year he joined other members of that circle in the inaugural show of the so-called Provincetown Printers, at the Berlin Photographic Company in New York. In 1916 and 1917 he designed the catalogue covers for the annual displays of the Provincetown Art Association. His prints were included in the landmark exhibition of color prints at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1919.
Notwithstanding the relatively conservative character of Lindenmuth’s prints, he was associated with the more avant-garde element in Provincetown’s art community. In 1926, his work was included in the Provincetown Art Association’s “First Modernistic Exhibition,” after a split in the organization resulted in separate displays for the conservative and modernist groups within its artist membership. Around this time, Lindemuth married fellow painter and printmaker Elisabeth Boardman Warren (1886–1980). In the 1930s, he worked in the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), two federal relief programs that employed artists during the Great Depression. Lindenmuth was represented in an important exhibition of American color prints organized by the Brooklyn Museum in 1933.
In 1940, Lindenmuth abandoned printmaking and returned to painting. Leaving the Provincetown circle, he worked instead in Rockport, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1934, he and his wife also spent part of each year in St. Augustine, Florida, moving there to live full-time in the 1960s. Lindenmuth continued to paint and was active in the St. Augustine Art Club. He died at the age of ninety-one.
Notwithstanding the relatively conservative character of Lindenmuth’s prints, he was associated with the more avant-garde element in Provincetown’s art community. In 1926, his work was included in the Provincetown Art Association’s “First Modernistic Exhibition,” after a split in the organization resulted in separate displays for the conservative and modernist groups within its artist membership. Around this time, Lindemuth married fellow painter and printmaker Elisabeth Boardman Warren (1886–1980). In the 1930s, he worked in the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), two federal relief programs that employed artists during the Great Depression. Lindenmuth was represented in an important exhibition of American color prints organized by the Brooklyn Museum in 1933.
In 1940, Lindenmuth abandoned printmaking and returned to painting. Leaving the Provincetown circle, he worked instead in Rockport, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1934, he and his wife also spent part of each year in St. Augustine, Florida, moving there to live full-time in the 1960s. Lindenmuth continued to paint and was active in the St. Augustine Art Club. He died at the age of ninety-one.