Robert Rauschenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Rauschenberg

American painter and graphic artist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Port Arthur, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-2008

Profession: photographer, artist, painter, sculptor, choreographer, printmaker

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the pop art movement.
Rauschenberg is well known for his "combines" of the 1950s, in which non-traditional materials and objects were employed in various combinations.
Rauschenberg was both a painter and a sculptor, and the combines are a combination of the two, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance.Rauschenberg was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1993 and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts in 1995 in recognition of his more than 40 years of artmaking.Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City and on Captiva Island, Florida, until his death from heart failure on May 12, 2008.