Robert Rauschenberg

1925–2008

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Biography

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" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in innovative combinations. Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor and the Combines are a combination of both, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking, and performance.

Robert Rauschenberg was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993. He became the recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts in 1995 in recognition of his more than 40 years of fruitful artmaking.

Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City as well as on Captiva Island, Florida until his death from heart failure on May 12, 2008.

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Artworks

Robert Rauschenberg Almanac

1962

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Robert Rauschenberg Bazaar

1984

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Robert Rauschenberg Pledge

1968

View by appointment P77108

Robert Rauschenberg Street Sounds

1992

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Robert Rauschenberg Night Grip

1966

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Robert Rauschenberg Lawn

1965

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Robert Rauschenberg Visitation II

1965

View by appointment P77107

Robert Rauschenberg Water Stop

1968

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Artist as subject

Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Rauschenberg

1983

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