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Robert Lindneux (1871 — 1970) was an American painter from Denver, Colorado. He did paintings of the Old West, including Native Americans like Quanah Parker and pioneers like Buffalo Bill.

^[1][2] In the 1860s, the family came to America, ultimately settling in New York City. Lindneux was born in 1871 and was educated in Paris, London and Germany. He was a first-generation American, as both his parents were immigrants from France.^[1][3]

Lindneux became a painter in Europe. He exhibited his work in Paris in 1893.^[1] He returned to the United States, and he decided to move to Colorado and paint the American West in 1900.^[4] He traveled to Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota to do paintings of Native Americans.^[1] For example, he did a portrait of Quanah Parker, the leader of the Comanche nation.^[2]

Lindneux used both charcoal and oil.^[2] In the 1900s, he taught Charles M. Russell how to use oil,^[2] and the two men painted together in Russell's studio in Great Falls, Montana.^[1] Lindneux did paintings of American pioneers like Buffalo Bill, and he exhibited his work at the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma.^[1] According to the Kansas City Times, he became known as "the last of the great cowboy artists."^[1]

With his wife, Lindneux had a daughter, Marcella.^[3] They resided in Denver, Colorado.^[1]

Lindneux died in 1970 in Denver, Colorado, at age 98.^[2][4] The vast majority of his work was sold by his daughter to Orville and Polly Clevenger, who exhibited their collection at West Texas State University in 1982.^[2]

• Artwork by Robert Lindneux