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1946 - 1989 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Photographe-nudes, abstraction.
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography.... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand." . His first series of Polaroids were self-portraits and of the singer-artist-poet, Patti Smith. In the mid-seventies, he acquired a large... Read full biography
Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was born into suburban America in Long Island in 1946. He received a B.F.A from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, working in various media. At this time he had not yet worked in photography, but incorporated many photographic images from magazines and books. Mapplethorpe admired the work of Andy Warhol, who later became a close friend, and soon began taking his own photographs with a Polaroid camera. Mapplethorpe has been quoted in saying, "I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand." . His first series of Polaroids were self-portraits and of the singer-artist-poet, Patti Smith. In the mid-seventies, he acquired a large format press camera and began taking photographs of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Th... Read full biography
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Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photography as Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Homoerotica
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Statue Sculpture
Art School
- •Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Hasselblad Foundation International Award, Photography
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty