Background
He is the son of Baron Johann von Lind.
He is the son of Baron Johann von Lind.
After he left the United States military in 1989, Lind assumed his ancestral name of "von Lind". von Lind began his artistic career as a young apprentice in a publishing firm doing graphic art In later years, he would work in the fields of art direction, magazine art illustration, portrait painter, pinup artist for calendars and classical painting. von Lind also worked at Paramount Studios where he painted such stars as Yul Brynner, Sophia Loren, Peter O"Toole and Clint Eastwood to name a few. In 1982, he was approached by the White House to do a painting of then President Ronald Reagan.
The painting now hangs in the Reagan Museum in Simi Valley, California.
His painting titled "Mission 207" was dedicated on May 14, 2004 at March Air Force Base. and is now permanently displayed as part of the museum’s history honoring the men and aircraft of the World World War II era. Jerry’s von Lind"s brother was killed on a mission over Germany in 1945 while serving in Italy with the 15th Air Force.