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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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Germany. 1906 - 1999
Painting
New York, Texas / Italy. Born 1955
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New York, Oklahoma. Born 1952
Abstract figure, collage
New York. Born 1948
Nude genre-mod figure, graphics
New York, New Mexico. Born 1941
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New York, California. Born 1944
Sculptor, collage, abstract painter, printmaker
New York, Ohio / England. 1931 - 2018
Super real views, genre, ships
New York, California / France, Italy. 1928 - 2005
Happenings, assemblage, abstraction
New York. Born 1949
Non objective, op imagery-stripe painting
New York, Connecticut. Born 1937
Geometric, minimal abstract painting
New York, Massachusetts. Born 1942
Flat installation, graffiti, graphics
New York / Bulgaria. 1935 - 2020/2009
Installations-wrappings, collage, environmental art
New York, Connecticut. Born 1949
Non objective-funk, semi-figurative, prints
New York, Connecticut. 1928 - 2007
Conceptual sculpture, geometric design wall painting
Spain, France. 1923 - 2012
Mixed-media modernist painting
New York, Texas / Switzerland. 1928 - 1994
Minimalist three-dimensional constructions, abstract imagery
Belgium, France. Born 1927
Expressionist painting, engraving
New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Indiana. 1907 - 2002
Stainless steel kinetic sculpture, some drawing
England, United States. Born 1965
Conceptual life and death themed installations
England. 1914 - 2003
Abstract figurative sculpture, watercolor, ink drawing
New York / Russian Federation. 1899 - 1988
Cubist monchromatic wood assemblage
New Jersey. 1924 - 2000
Sculptor-plaster figure
California / Australia. 1920 - 2004
Fashion photography, nude figures, portraits
New York, California. Born 1957
Post-surreal, grotesque figure and portrait painting
New York, California. 1938 - 2024
Pop-art copied paintings
New York, New Mexico. 1923 - 2013
Conceptual art, collage, constructions
New York / France. 1921 - 2012
Abstraction, collage
New Jersey. 1912 - 1980
Sculptor-minimalism, architecture
New York, Ohio. Born 1935
Pop expression, sculpture, graphics
New York, Florida, North Dakota. 1933 - 2017
Collage, modernist pop image painting, graphics
New York. Born 1955
Factory product pop art sculpture