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James Rosenquist

1933 – 2017

Skull Snap 1989
© James Rosenquist/VAGA, New York and DACS, London 2025
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Biography

James Albert Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising and consumer culture in art and society, utilizing techniques he learned making commercial art to depict popular cultural icons and mundane everyday objects. While his works have often been compared to those from other key figures of the pop art movement, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's pieces were unique in the way that they often employed elements of surrealism using fragments of advertisements and cultural imagery to emphasize the overwhelming nature of ads. He was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.

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  • Marilyn

    James Rosenquist
    1974
  • Pale Tent II

    James Rosenquist
    1976
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  • Off the Continental Divide

    James Rosenquist
    1973–4
  • Katonah Muse

    James Rosenquist
    1993
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  • Magic Bowl

    James Rosenquist
    1992
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  • The Light Bulb Shining

    James Rosenquist
    1992
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  • Time Dust

    James Rosenquist
    1992
  • House of Fire

    James Rosenquist
    1989
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