Robert Rauschenberg

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic performer whose ahead of time works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is competently known for his Combines (1954–1964), a society of artworks which incorporated ordinary objects as art materials and which blurred the distinctions amongst painting and sculpture. Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor, but he afterward worked bearing in mind photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance.

Rauschenberg expected numerous awards during his approximately 60-year artistic career. Among the most prominent were the International Grand Prize in Painting at the 32nd Venice Biennale in 1964 and the National Medal of Arts in 1993.

Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City and on Captiva Island, Florida, until his death upon May 12, 2008.