Robert Rauschenberg
1925–2008
Introduction
Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art materials and which blurred the distinctions between painting and sculpture. Rauschenberg was primarily a painter and a sculptor, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance.
Rauschenberg received numerous awards during his nearly 60-year artistic career. Among the most prominent were the International Grand Prize in Painting at the 32nd Venice Biennale in 1964 and the National Medal of Arts in 1993.
Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City and on Captiva Island, Florida, until his death on May 12, 2008.
Wikidata identifier
Q164358
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Introduction
Robert Rauschenberg attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he studied with Josef Albers and was influenced by fellow student John Cage. Rauschenberg subsequently moved to New York. An early and notorious piece involved the erasure of a DeKooning drawing. In 1953, he began creating sculptures using organic materials and common items. By 1963, Rauschenberg had become so well-known that he had a retrospective exhibition at the Jewish Museum. By the 1970s, Rauschenberg had begun experimenting with performance art and film.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, assemblage artist, choreographer, collagist, designer, lithographer, mixed-media artist, painter, performance artist, photographer, sculptor, serigrapher
ULAN identifier
500002941
Names
Robert Rauschenberg, Matson Jones, Rauschenberg, Bob Rauschenberg, Milton Ernest Rauschenberg, Robert Milton Ernest Rauschenberg
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed April 12, 2024.
83 works
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Untitled
1982 -
The Razorback Bunch (Etching IV)
1981 -
The Razorback Bunch (Etching III)
1981 -
The Razorback Bunch (Etching II)
1980 -
White Pendulum
1980 -
Glacial Decoy Series: Etching I
1979 -
Glacial Decoy Series: Etching II
1979 -
Glacial Decoy Series: Etching III
1979 -
Glacial Decoy Series: Etching IV
1979 -
Glacial Decoy Series: Etching V
1979 -
Hog Heaven
1978 -
Feather Cave
1978 -
Que (Jammer)
1976 -
Cunningham Relief
1974 -
Tanya
1974 -
Sybil (Hoarfrost)
1974 -
Preview
1974 -
Kitty Hawk
1974 -
PULL (Hoarfrost Suite)
1974 -
Noname (Elephant)
1973 -
Untitled (Venetian)
1972 -
Opal Gospel
1971 -
Glass/Channel/Via Panama (Cardboard)
1971 -
Signs
1970 -
Surface Series from Currents 43
1970 -
Surface Series from Currents 45
1970 -
Ammo
1969 -
Centennial Certificate M.M.A.
1969 -
Waves
1969 -
Autobiography
1968
83 works