1923-1997 American
20th Century painter and sculptor, exponent of
Pop art
He earned his BFA from Ohio State, then studied at the Art Students League of New York.
Friend of Andy Warhol. His subjects are often banal objects like a hamburger or hot dog. He also did blowups of single frames from a comic or bubble gum wrapper. Larger canvases, acrylic paint. Used the technique of printmaking. He attended the American Academy in Rome.
Famous painting: "Whaam" 1963 (WHAM!).
Later in his career he did parodies of famous paintings
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His work is in the permanent collection of:
Selected Source:
Tompkins, Calvin, "Off The Wall, Robert Rauschenberg and the Art World of Our Time", Penguin, New York, 1980
Last Updated 07.04.04