Background
He was the son of Hermann Linde the Elder, a pharmacist and pioneering photographer.
He was the son of Hermann Linde the Elder, a pharmacist and pioneering photographer.
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
He became a student in the Department of Photography at the "Graphische Lehrund Versuchsanstalt" (Graphic Arts and Research Institute) in Vienna. From 1887 to 1889 he worked as a photographer and colorist (someone who adds color to black-and-white photographs) in Cairo. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, from 1891 to 1894, where he studied with Gabriel von Hackl and Paul Hoecker.
From 1895 to 1898 he was at the Académie Julian in Paris, then travelled extensively, visiting Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain.
He was mostly known for landscapes and still-lifes, but also did numerous portraits of children. In addition to paintings, he produced book illustrations and was especially noted for his work on the children"s storybooks published by A. East. Linde-Walther, Berlin: Tägliche Rundschau.
After 1900, he lived in Berlin and became a member of the Berlin Secession in 1902, continuing to travel and exhibit widely.