Robert Heindel was an American painter, illustrator, and stage designer renowned for his captivating depictions of dance and the performing arts. Over a twenty-five year period in the late twentieth century, Heindel produced a staggering body of work, creating more than 1300 paintings and drawings that vividly captured the essence of dance.

His unique vision and extraordinary talent earned him the reputation of being the premier painter of dance of his era. Among his notable admirers and patrons were celebrated figures within the world of dance and the performing arts, such as Princess Diana, Princess Margaret, Princess Caroline, and Prince and Princess Takamado, as well as the esteemed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Heindel's remarkable contributions to the arts have been immortalized in the permanent collections of esteemed institutions such as the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Glasgow Museums.