Albert Lindegger

Who was Albert Lindegger?

Albert Lindegger or Lindi was a Swiss painter and illustrator, best known as a political satirist.

Born in Berne, he studied art in Paris, at the Académie André Lhote. In 1934 he adopted the artist name "Lindi", and exhibited in the Kunsthalle Bern. By the 1930s he had established himself as a caricaturist, and travelled widely through Europe, visiting Spain and Turkey, as well as Madagascar and countries in Northern Africa. Through the years of the Second World War, Lindegger continued to draw caricatures, often critical of the German Nazi regime, but also illustrated books such as Émile Zola's Nana and Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami and Une vie.

After the war he continued to contribute illustrations to magazines, and worked for the publications Die Weltwoche in Basel and National-Zeitung and Der Bund in Berne. He was often employed to produce illustrations from international events such as the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Lindegger exhibited at various galleries and exhibitions over the years, such as the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne, the Landweer Gallery in Amsterdam, and in 1927 at the prestigious Paris Salon d'Automne.