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Robert Rauschenberg Biography
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1925 |
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Born on October 22 in Port Arthur, Texas
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1947 |
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Studied at the Académie Julian, Paris
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1947 - 1948 |
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Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute
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1948 - 1949 |
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Studied at the Black Mountain College in North Carolina under Josef Albers. There he meets Cunningham and John Cage
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1951 |
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First one-man show at the Betty Parson's Gallery
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1949 - 1952 |
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Meets Cy Twombly at the Art Students League in New York
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1952 - 1953 |
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Travels to Europe and North Africa with Cy Twombly
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1953 |
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Creates Automobile Tire Print (with John Cage) and Erased de Kooning Drawing
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1953 |
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Meets Jasper Johns who becomes a great influence to his work. The two artists shared neighboring studios.
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1958 - 1960 |
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Illustrations based on Dante’s Inferno
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1962 |
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Artist made his first lithograph at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in West Islip, New York
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1964 |
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Grand prize in painting at the Venice Biennale
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1966 |
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Experimented with electronics in his art
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1970 |
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Created the first Earth Day poster
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1984 |
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Beginning of "The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange"
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1990 |
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Starting of The Rauschenberg Foundation, a non-[rofit entity devoted to projects that will increase public awareness about subjects of vital interest to the artist
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1990 |
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Created the 20th anniversary Earth Day poster
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1985 - 1991 |
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"ROCI“ - Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange
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2008 |
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Died on May 12 in Captiva, Florida
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Founded and directed Change, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides emergency funds for artists
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Robert Rauschenberg: Runts, PaceWildenstein, New York City, NY
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2008
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Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posteres for a Better World, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL
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2007
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Rauschenberg. Express, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
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2007
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Nothing and everything, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2007
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Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
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2007
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Robert Rauschenberg, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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2007
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Selected Works 1974 - 1999, Michael Schultz Gallery, Berlin (catalogue)
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg, Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg, MOCA THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY, Los Angeles, CA; MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg: Spread and Scale, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
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2006
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Art from Life: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg, Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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2006
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Focus Room. Robert Rauschenberg, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England
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2006
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Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios and Short Stories, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
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2006
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Rauschenberg: Prints, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
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2005
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Rauschenberg - Rosenquist - Lichtenstein, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
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2005
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Robert Rauschenberg, Galerie Terminus, Munich
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2005
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Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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2005
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Robert Rauschenberg: on and off the wall, MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE ET D'ART CONTEMPORAIN-NICE, Nice
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2005
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Combines organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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2004
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Robert Rauschenberg: Current Scenarios, Wadsworth Museum of Art, Hartford
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2004
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Mostly Photography - Art since 1980 from the Collection, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
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2004
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What´s modern? Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
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2004
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Made in USA popart, Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris
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2004
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Robert Rauschenberg, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, England
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2004
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15 Minutes of Fame: 20 Years of Pop Prints, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
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2004
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Robert Rauschenberg, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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Popular, Pop & Post-Pop: Color Screenprints 1930s to Now, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2003
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Robert Rauschenberg - Prints & Unique Work, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
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2002
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X-LARGE - Borofsky, Burden, Johns, Kelly, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Serra, Ste, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, NY
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2002
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An American Legacy, A Gift to New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2002
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Robert Rauschenberg - Les dix dernières années, Musée Maillol - Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris
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2002
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"Robert Rauschenberg - Short Stories," Waddington Galleries, London (England)
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2002
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Robert Rauschenberg: Recent Work, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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2001
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Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
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2001
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Robert Rauschenberg - Ruminations, völcker & freunde gallery, Berlin
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2001
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Robert Rauschenberg: Marrakech, La Caja Negra, Madrid
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2001
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Robert Rauschenberg: Short Stories, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
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2000
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Robert Rauschenberg - Darryl Pottorf, Galerie Tanit, Munich
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2000
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Robert Rauschenberg - Synapsis Shuffle, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2000
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Highlights of Late 20th-Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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1999
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Robert Rauschenberg - Malerei, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen
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1999
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Robert Rauschenberg - Obra gráfica (1967-1979), Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca
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1999
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Robert Rauschenberg - The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA
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1999
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Robert Rauschenberg - Photographs, Galleria Rubin, Milano
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1998
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Robert Rauschenberg. Obra gráfica 1967-1979, Museu d’Art Espanyol Contemporani (Fundación Juan March), Palma de Mallorca
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1998
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Robert Rauschenberg - Retrospectiva, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao
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1998
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Robert Rauschenberg - Anagrams (A Pun), Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich
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1997
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Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York in collaboration with the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, exhibition travels to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
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1994
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Albers, Rauschenberg, Stella - Graphik 1967-1970, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
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1990
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1987
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1970 - 1971
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Stoned moon series, Lithographien 1969-1970, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich
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1963
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First retrospective organized by the Jewish Museum, New York
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1951
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First solo exhibition at the Betty Parsons gallery, New York
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