James Rosenquist

James Rosenquist
Born: November 29, 1933; Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Died: March 31, 2017; New York City, United States
Nationality: American
Art Movement: Pop Art
Art institution: Art Students League of New York, New York City, NY, US
Soundtrack:
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 10, Op. 118 (1964)
1. Andante
2. Allegretto furioso
3. Adagio
4. Allegretto
Fitzwilliam Quartet
James Rosenquist is an American pop artist known for his paintings and monumental prints. His controversial painting F-111 (1964 - 1965), designed to surround the gallery audience, offers a visual critique of American involvement in the Vietnam War, between chaotic destruction and everyday life imagery. Born November 29, 1933 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Rosenquist attended the University of Minnesota before receiving a scholarship to the Art Students League of New York in 1955, where he studied with George Grosz, Morris Kantor and Edwin Walter. Dickinson. Early in his career, Rosenquist worked as a poster painter, later moving to his studio in Lower Manhattan, where he became friends with Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Indiana, Agnes Martin, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Barnett Newman during the 1960s. Moving away from his cultural references to approach more abstract themes, the artist continues to work in Aripeka, Florida.

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a longtime favorite...i continue to marvel at his transitions from the classic 60's pop-art/new realism works into explorations of myth, symbols, modern science, time and inner/outer space while still incorporating familiar techniques...altho i'm at a loss to explain his later 90's odyssey into such complex, vivid and dynamic abstracts...très fantastique...🌔🚀🌀