Robert Rauschenberg

Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg was an American graphic artist, painter, and sculptor who was well known for his pieces combining collage and paint. In a number of his paintings, he combines images depicting major political an social events of a certain time period or event (i.e. the JFK presidency) and edits them together and paints over them.




I also researched his sculptures, which I found very interesting. In his sculpture work, known as his "combines" of the 1950s, he combines a variety of organic and manmade materials to create assemblages of items. This creates a unique new item, arranged in a compelling composition. They look like strange inventions to me, and inspire me to work with more natural materials.



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