Robert Rauschenberg

by Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg made a tremendous impact on Modern art in the twentieth century. As a pioneer of Pop art, he was a key figure in the postwar tradition that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. This new volume in the "MoMA Artist Series," which explores important artists and favorite works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, guides readers through a dozen of the artist's most memorable achievements. A short and lively essay by Carolyn Lanchner, a former curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum, accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment in the development of Modern art and the artist's own life. This volume provides a unique overview of someone who shaped the development of American art since mid-century and is an excellent resource for readers interested in the stories behind the masterpieces of the Modern canon.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

52 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement.

Reviews

[Nativeabuse · Rating 4 out of 5]

An alright book, but I got kind of annoyed by the fact that the book doesn't list in what collections each particular piece is held in the way most art books do. Other than that it is a good book that has a nice all around overview of Raushenberg's work instead of focusing mostly on Combine paintings the way most books on him do.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice essays by rosalind krauss, trisha brown and others, with hundreds of pages of color reproductions

[Clever Name · Rating 5 out of 5]

Retrospective of a phenomenal body of work.