Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg | |
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Rauschenberg in 1968 | |
| Born | Milton Ernest Rauschenberg October 22, 1925 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | May 12, 2008 (aged 82) Captiva, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Kansas City Art Institute Académie Julian Black Mountain College Art Students League of New York |
| Known for | Assemblage |
| Notable work | Canyon (1959) Monogram (1959) |
| Movement | Neo-Dada, Abstract expressionism, Pop art |
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| Awards | Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts (1995) Praemium Imperiale (1998) |
Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" 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.