Art and Style | May 13, 2008 | 7 comments

American artist Robert Rauschenberg is dead

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/design/14rauschenberg.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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Robert Rauschenberg died Monday night at the age of 82. A prolific artist (he worked with many mediums including painting, photography, printmaking, choreography and more) Rauschenberg is credited with helping to move American art beyond Abstract Expressionism and was known for blending the lines between art forms.
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7 comments // American artist Robert Rauschenberg is dead

  • celestialceiling
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    • This is very sad news. Robert Rauschenberg was one of the greatest living artist. He is seen as the fist artist to do 3 dimensional work on a 2 dimensional canvas. He even helped to revolutionize print media art.

      I was fortunate enough to see an amazing display of his work at the MOCA in LA. It was the most inspiring art-gallery experience I've ever had.

    • 4 years ago
  • brandoneast
  • Defcynic
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      Defcynic  

    • A true artist passed but his legacy lives on.
      He lives through the many artists I see who have been influenced by him.
      Checkout some of us directly influenced by a true genius............

      Prettypicturemovement.com

    • 4 years ago
  • mhahn
  • TouchArt
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    • Robert Rauschenberg was a great artist. His death is a great loss for artists worldwide.

      What you may not know about Rauschenberg, is that in addition to being Jewish, he was Cherokee enough to have presented his art as an American Indian artist, but chose not to be pigeonholed, although he credited his Indian heritage with some of the inspiration for his art.

      "Milton Ernest Rauschenberg was born on Oct. 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas, a small refinery town where "it was very easy to grow up without ever seeing a painting," he said. (In adulthood he renamed himself Robert.) His grandfather, a doctor who immigrated from Germany, had settled in Texas and married a full-blooded Cherokee. His father, Ernest, worked for a local utility company." from article linked to above.

      The piece that illustrates the article above is one of my favorites. Especially like the raven with goggles. Another favorite Rauschenberg is "Monogram" shown here.

    • 4 years ago
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