Lynton Richards Kistler

Lynton Richards Kistler (1897–1993) was an American master printmaker, small book publisher, and author. He became known as the best stone lithographer in the United States, at the peak of his career in 1950s. He owned and operated the lithography press, Kistler of Los Angeles.

Biography Lynton Richards Kistler was born August 30, 1897, in Los Angeles, California. He is descended on his paternal side from northern Switzerland and southern Germany people who had settled in Kistler Valley in Pennsylvania, and his maternal side was from England. His father, William A. Kistler, had owned Kistler Printing and Lithography, a Los Angeles-based lithography and letterpress shop, for 30 years. Printmakers Joe Funk and Jan Stussy also worked in the Kistler print workshop. He stopped printing lithography in 1952 after experiencing an allergic reaction to the chemicals. British Museum, Des Moines Art Center, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Hammer Museum, Library of Congress, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, National Gallery of Art, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Richardson Memorial Library, Saint Louis Art Museum, Syracuse University, University of San Diego,