Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg was an American artist whose work bridged Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
He is best known for his "Combines"—works incorporating found objects, photographs, and paint on canvas.
His 1953 *Erased de Kooning Drawing* and collaborations with Merce Cunningham and John Cage established him as a central figure in postwar avant-garde art.
Collected group of things
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- mixed-mediaArt combining different materials
- three-dimensionalHaving volume and depth
Canyon · goat · tire · taxidermy · newspapers · fabric · photographs · layering
One who applies pigment
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- printmakerArtist using pressed plates
- Pop ArtConsumer-culture visual movement
- Abstract ExpressionismGestural, nonrepresentational American painting movement
avant-garde · John Cage · silkscreen · lithography · assemblage · multimedia · choreography · ballet
Stencil printing through mesh
- photomontageCombined image artwork
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- frottageTexture impression method
- bleachingChemical color removal
cyanotype · cardboard · layering · appropriation · newsprint · solvent · rubbing · blueprints
Generous giving for others
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- influencePower to affect others
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
- conceptual artWork valuing notion over form
Ordinary regular existence
- urban environmentBuilt-up populated area
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- current eventsRecent notable happenings
American culture · democracy · accessibility · collaboration · chance · impermanence · transformation · materiality
assemblage
Collected group of things
- found objectsUnaltered items as art
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- mixed-mediaArt combining different materials
three-dimensional · Canyon · goat · tire · taxidermy · newspapers · fabric · photographs · layering · bricolage
painter
One who applies pigment
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- printmakerArtist using pressed plates
- Pop ArtConsumer-culture visual movement
Abstract Expressionism · avant-garde · John Cage · silkscreen · lithography · assemblage · multimedia · choreography · ballet · performance
silkscreen
Stencil printing through mesh
- photomontageCombined image artwork
- collageAssembled mixed-media artwork
- frottageTexture impression method
bleaching · cyanotype · cardboard · layering · appropriation · newsprint · solvent · rubbing · blueprints
philanthropy
Generous giving for others
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- influencePower to affect others
- postmodernismSkepticism toward universal truths
everyday life
Ordinary regular existence
- urban environmentBuilt-up populated area
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
current events · American culture · democracy · accessibility · collaboration · chance · impermanence · transformation · materiality · process
- American ArtAmerican art, Hudson River School, American Renaissance, Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism
- 1960s ArtPop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein
- American ArtistsAndy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper
- Modern ArtistsPicasso, Pablo Picasso, Matisse, Pollock, Warhol
- Pop ArtistsAndy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney
- Collage ArtistsKurt Schwitters, Max Ernst
Robert RauschenbergMark Rothko
Robert RauschenbergJackson Pollock