Allan Kaprow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAllan Kaprow
American artist
Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1927
Place of Birth: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 05-Apr-2006
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Allan Kaprow
- Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 – April 5, 2006) was an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art.
- He helped to develop the "Environment" and "Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well as their theory.
- His Happenings — some 200 of them — evolved over the years.
- Eventually Kaprow shifted his practice into what he called "Activities", intimately scaled pieces for one or several players, devoted to the study of normal human activity in a way congruent to ordinary life.
- Fluxus, performance art, and installation art were, in turn, influenced by his work.
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