biography of Robert RAUSCHENBERG (1925-2008)
Personal data
Birth : 10/22/1925 - Port Arthur TX Texas, United States
Death : 05/12/2008
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Captiva FL Florida, United StatesRepresentatives
Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art – 56 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1947 – 1948 : Kansas City Art Institute – 4415 Warwick Boulevard – Kansas City MO, United States
1948 : Académie Julian – 31 rue du Dragon – Paris, France
1948 – 1949 : Black Mountain College – Asheville NC, United States
Pupil of / student of Josef ALBERS 约瑟夫•亚伯斯 [ 1888-1976 ]
1949 – 1951 : The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Pupil of / student of Morris KANTOR [ 1896-1974 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1970:He established a permanent residence and studio in Captiva FL, USA where he still lives.
1953:He also made designs for Paul TAYLOR’s dance company.
1953 – 1961:He met Jasper JOHNS, with whom he is considered the most influential of artists who reacted against Abstract Expressionism. The two artists had neighboring studios, regularly exchanging ideas and discussing their work in New York NY, USA.
1952 – 1953:From the fall of 1952 to the spring of 1953, he traveled to Europe and North Africa with Cy TWOMBLY, whom he had met at the Art Students League.
1948:At Black Mountain College, he met composer John CAGE, and dancer-choreographer Merce CUNNINGHAM for whom he worked as a designer, manager and performer.
Prizes
1964
1964 : Biennale di Venezia , Grand Prize for Painting – Venice VE, Italy
Context: 32° Biennale di Venezia (1964)
Medals
1965
1965 : Corcoran Gallery Biennial Medal , Gold Medal – Washington DC, United States
Context: The Corcoran Biennial (1965)
Awarded by : Corcoran Gallery of Art – 500 17th Street NW – Washington DC, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : Serigraph 
Sculpture-Volume : Assemblage - Object 
Photography : Dye-transfer - Kodachrome - Photogravure 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Subject
Daily lifeconsumer society
Movements and styles
Pop ArtAmerican Pop Art
American Modernists
Monochrome Painting
Works
| Synapsis Shuffle | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Kodachrome | |
| Non Negotiable Glut | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Object | |
| Samarkand Stitches Serie N° V | |
| Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Serigraph Supports : textile material Size : 122 x 80 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Vonderbank art galleries – Berlin, Germany
09/30/2006 – 11/15/2006
2005
Posters- Affiches allemandes et autrichiennes
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
2005 – 06/12/2005
2004
ROCI/USA
Jacobson Howard – New York NY, United States
12/07/2004 – 01/29/2005
2K+
Bernard Jacobson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/13/2004 – 11/20/2004
Paintings, Screenprints & Lithographs
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/15/2004 – 08/28/2004
Tribute 21
Centre des arts – Enghien-les-Bains, France
04/06/2004 – 06/12/2004
Palazzo dei Diamanti – Ferrare FE, Italy
02/29/2004 – 06/06/2004
2003
Short Stories
Pacewildenstein – New York NY, United States
04/05/2003 – 05/03/2003
2002
Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol – Paris, France
06/06/2002 – 10/14/2002
Waddington Galleries – London, United Kingdom
06/06/2002 – 07/06/2002
2000
Synapsis Shuffle
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
06/29/2000 – 09/17/2000
1997
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1997
1976
Robert Rauschenberg
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1976
1963
The Jewish Museum – New York NY, United States
1963
Galerie Sonnabend – Paris, France
1963
1951
Betty Parsons Gallery – New York NY, United States
1951
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Il Gabbiano – Via della Frezza 51 – Rome, Italy
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Anders-Galerie im Stilwerk – Grünstrasse 15 – Düsseldorf, Germany
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Artiscope – Zaira Mis – 35 boulevard Saint-Michel – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Pacewildenstein – 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art – 730 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor – New York NY, United States
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Vayhinger – Liggeringer Strasse 7 – Radolfzell, Germany
KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Kunsthandel Meijer – Domplein 1 – Utrecht, Netherlands
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Guy Pieters Gallery – Zeedijk 742 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Art Trend Fine Arts, Inc – Glacisstrasse 49 – Graz, Austria
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Peter Freeman Gallery, Inc. – 25 Cranberry Street – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Art Trend Fine Arts, Inc – Glacisstrasse 49 – Graz, Austria
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beaubourg – Chateau Notre-Dame des Fleurs – Vence, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States
KunstRAI, n° 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/05/2001 – 06/10/2001
Represented by : Kunsthandel Meijer – Domplein 1 – Utrecht, Netherlands
Europ’ART Genève – Foire internationale d’art, n°10
Palexpo – Geneva GE, Switzerland
04/27/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Pedro Lopez E Hijos S.L. – Villanueva 27 – Madrid, Spain
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Maurice Keitelman Gallery – 9 Rue de la Paille – Brussels, Belgium
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Eikelmann Fine Art – Witteringstrasse 38 – Essen, Germany
Sthml Art Fair 2001, n° 21
Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : dep,art,ment – Engelbrektsgatan 21 – Stockholm, Sweden
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Pace / McGill Gallery – 9th floor 32 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
2000
International Artexpo California
San Francisco CA, United States
11/02/2000 – 11/05/2000
Represented by : Museum Editions West – 4130 Del Rey Avenue – Marina Del Rey CA, United States
Art Jonction, n° 14
Nice, France
09/14/2000 – 09/18/2000
Represented by : Art Trend Fine Arts, Inc – Glacisstrasse 49 – Graz, Austria
KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Vayhinger – Liggeringer Strasse 7 – Radolfzell, Germany
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : John Szoke Graphics – 164 Mercer Street – New York NY, United States
Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galleri Faurschou – St. Strandstraede 21 – Copenhagen, Denmark
ART2000 – The 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
01/19/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Guy Pieters Gallery – Zeedijk 742 – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerija Kolizej – Gosposvetska, 13 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996
Art Jonction Cannes 96 – Regard
Palais des Festivals – Cannes, France
07/03/1996 – 07/07/1996
Represented by : Art Trend Fine Arts, Inc – Glacisstrasse 49 – Graz, Austria
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Thomas Segal Gallery – The Inn at The Colonnade 4 West University Parkway – Baltimore MD, United States
Group exhibitions
2006
Christmas Exhibition
Yello Gallery – Dublin, Ireland
12/14/2006
2004
DESIGN – ART: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum – New York NY, United States
09/10/2004 – 02/27/2005
Pop from San Francisco Collections
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
03/06/2004 – 09/19/2004
2003
A Way With Words
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/05/2003
Heaven & Hell
Barbara Mathes Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/11/2003 – 06/06/2003
2002
Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Heinecken
Pace / McGill Gallery – New York NY, United States
2002
Points of Departure II: Connecting with Contemporary Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
07/10/2002 – 09/06/2002
From Pop to Now: selections from the Sonnabend Collection
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery – Skidmore College – Saratoga Springs NY, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/29/2002
Iconoclash: Beyond the Image Wars in Sciences, Religion and Art
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/04/2002 – 08/04/2002
Popcorn and politics -Activists of Art
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art – Helsinki, Finland
02/16/2002 – 2003
2001
Colección Onnasch
MACBA Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona / Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Barcelona, Spain
12/2001 – 02/2002
Points of Departure I: Connecting with Contemporary Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
03/23/2001 – 10/28/2001
1968
Directions I: Options
Milwaukee Art Center – Milwaukee WI, United States
1968
Dada, Surrealism and their heritage
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1968
PAFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts – Philadelphia PA, United States
1968
1965
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1965
1964
32° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1964
1963
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1963
1960
The Art of Assemblage
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1960 – 1961
1959
The Corcoran Biennial
Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington DC, United States
1959
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
1991
Arts Plastiques 1990, Acquisitions : Fonds National d’art contemporain
Publisher: FNAC Fonds National d’Art Contemporain – 70 voie des Sculpteurs – Puteaux, France
06/1991
ISBN : 2868950337
1990
Robert Rauschenberg: The Silkscreen Paintings 1962-1964
New York NY, United States
1990
1980
Off the Wall: Robert Rauschenberg and the Art World of our Time
New York NY, United States
1980
Periodicals
2004
KAMPIANNE Harry – Rauschenberg l’ode aux justes
in: Art Actuel n° 32 p. 36
Paris, France
05/2004-06/2004
2002
DE MAISON ROUGE Isabelle – Atout Rauschenberg
in: Art Actuel n° 21 p. 32
Paris, France
07/2002-08/2002
MALDONADO Guitemie – Robert Rauschenberg : l’ordre et l’aléatoire
in: Connaissance des Arts n° 595 p. 40
Paris, France
06/2002
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