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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1933-11-29 ) November 29, 1933, Grand Forks, North Dakota , U.S.
- Died
- March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31) (aged 83), New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design , University of Minnesota , Art Students League of New York
- Known for
- Painter, printmaker , graphic artist
- Movement
- Pop art
- Spouses
- Mary Lou Adams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Mimi Thompson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Albert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Grand Forks
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 4. documenta
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- abstract expressionism
- Official website
- www.jimrosenquist-artist.com
- Image
- James rosenquist1.jpg
- Work location
- Aripeka
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- date of birth
- 1934-11-29
- Commons Creator page
- James Rosenquist
- Commons category
- James Rosenquist
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- date of death
- 2017-03-31
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Rosenquist, James Albert
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to James Rosenquist, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Rosenquist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.