Flaps, 2000
Biographical Information |
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| 1925 | Born in Port Arthur, Texas |
| 1947 | Studied at the Académie Julian; Paris, France |
| 1947–48 | Studied at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas |
| 1948–49 | Studied at Black Mountain College; Asheville, North Carolina, under Josef Albert. Met Cunningham and John Cage. |
| 1949–52 | Studied at the Art Students League in New York |
| 1952–53 | Traveled to Europe and North Africa with Cy Twombly |
| 1953 | Met Jasper Johns who became a great influence on his work. Shared a neighboring studio. |
| 1962 | Made first lithograph at Universal Limited Art Editions in West Islip, New York |
| 1964 | Won Grand Prize in Painting at the Venice Biennale; Venice, Italy |
| 1966 | Experimented with electronics in his art |
| 1970 | Created the first Earth Day poster |
| 1984 | Began “The Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange” |
| 1990 | Started The Rauschenberg Foundation, a non-profit entity devoted to projects that will increase public awareness about subjects of vital interest to the artist |
| Created the 20th anniversary Earth Day poster | |
| 2008 | Died in Captiva, Florida |
| 2012 | Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan |
| 2010 | “Signs of the Times: Robert Rauschenberg’s America,” Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin |
| Uma Aventura Moderna—Coleção de Arte Renault, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Black Cube Gallery; Barcelona, Spain | |
| “Rauschenberg at Gemini;” Armory Center for the Arts; Pasadena, California | |
| 2009 | “Robert Rauschenberg: Gluts;” Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Venice Italy |
| “Au Courant: Robert Rauschenberg’s Currents;” Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| “The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia: 1860–1989,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | |
| 2008 | “Robert Rauschenberg: Runts,” Pace Wildenstein, New York |
| “Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World;” Bob Rauschenberg Gallery; Fort Myers, Florida | |
| “Whatever is There is a Truth;” Haggerty Museum of Art; Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg, The Lotus Series,” Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York and Greenfield Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, California | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Prints/Editions 1962–78,” The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg in the Collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art,” Long Beach Museum of Art, California | |
| “Rauschenberg: Booster;” Henry Art Gallery; Seattle, Washington | |
| “Rauschenberg,” University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum; Tampa, Florida | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Traveling ‘70–’76;” Haus der Kunst; Munich, Germany | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios;” Griffin Contemporary; Santa Monica, California | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg, graficá 1976–2000;” La Caja Negra; Madrid, Spain | |
| 2007 | “Rauschenberg. Express;” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Madrid, Spain |
| “Nothing and everything;” Fraenkel Gallery; San Francisco, California | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces;” The Menil Collection; Houston, Texas | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Moderna Museet; Stockholm, Sweden | |
| “Selected Works 1974-1999;” Michael Schultz Gallery; Berlin, Germany | |
| “Three Decades;” Galleri Faurschou; Beijing, China | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Galleri Faurschou; Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| “Let the World In;” The National Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C. | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: em viagem 70-76;” Museu Serraives—Museu de Arte Contemporãnea; Porto, Portugal | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Galerie Lelong; Paris, France | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Galerie Jamileh Weber; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2006 | “Robert Rauschenberg;” Centre Pompidou—Musée National d’Art Modern; Paris, France |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Gallery Hyundai; Seoul, South Korea | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” MOCA The Geffen Contemporary; Los Angeles, California | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Spread and Scale;” Galerie Jamileh Weber; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| “Art from Life: Prints by Robert Rauschenberg;” Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University; Stanford, California | |
| “Focus Room. Robert Rauschenberg;” Tate Liverpool; Liverpool, England | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios and Short Stories;” Jepson Center for the Arts; Savannah, Georgia | |
| “Rauschenberg: Prints;” Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York | |
| 2005 | “Rauschenberg—Rosenquist—Lichtenstein;” Bernard Jacobson Gallery; London, England |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Galerie Terminus; Munich, Germany | |
| “Dialogues: Duchamp, Cornell, Johns, Rauschenberg;” Dallas Museum of Art, Texas | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: on and off the wall,” Musée d’Art Moderne et D’Art Contemporain Nice, France | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg–Combines,” organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Scenarios and Short Stories;” Paul and Lulu Hillard University Art Museum; Lafayette, Indiana | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Locks Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg,” Miami Art Museum, Florida | |
| 2004 | “Mostly Photography—Art Since 1980 from the Collection;” Williams College Museum of Art; Williamstown, Massachusetts |
| “What’s Modern?” Gagosian Gallery, New York | |
| “Made in USA Popart;” Galerie Laurent Strouk; Paris, France | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Bernard Jacobson Gallery; London, England | |
| “15 Minutes of Fame: 20 Years of Pop Prints;” National Gallery of Victoria; Melbourne, Australia | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” John Berggruen Gallery; San Francisco, California | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Current Scenarios;” Wadsworth Museum of Art; Hartford, Connecticut | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Scent and Pull;” Kennedy Museum of Art; Athens, Ohio | |
| 2003 | “Popular, Pop & Post-Pop: Color Screenprints 1930s to Now,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Prints & Unique Work,” Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York | |
| 2002 | “An American Legacy, A Gift to New York,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Les dix dernières années;” Musée Mailllol—Fondation Dina Vierny; Paris, France | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Short Stories;” Waddington Galleries; London, England | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Recent Work;” The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Massachusetts | |
| 2001 | “Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Ruminations;” Vöicker & Freunde Gallery; Berlin, Germany | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Marrakech;” La Caja Negra; Madrid, Spain | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Short Stories;” Galerie Jamileh Weber; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2000 | “Robert Rauschenberg—Apogamy Pods;” Pace Wildenstein, New York |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Darryl Pottorf;” Galerie Tanit; Munich, Germany | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Synapsis Shuffle;” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | |
| “Highlights of Late 20th-Century Art from the Sydney and Frances Lewis Collection;” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Richmond, Virginia | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Recent Work;” Bob Rauschenberg Gallery; Fort Myers, Florida | |
| 1999 | “Robert Rauschenberg—Malerei;” Galleri Faurschou; Copenhagen, Denmark |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Obra gráfica 1967–1979;” Museo de Arte Abstracto Español; Cuenca, Spain | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—The ¼ Mile or 2 Furlong Piece;” Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; North Adams, Massachusetts | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Photographs;” Galleria Rubin; Milano, Italy | |
| 1998 | “Robert Rauschenberg;” Obra gráfica 1967–1979;” Museu d’Art Español Contemporani (Fundación Juan March); Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| "Robert Rauschenberg—Retrospectiva;” Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo; Bilbao, Spain | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg—Anagrams (A Pun);” Galerie Jamileh Weber; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 1997 | Retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, in collaboration with the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Traveled to the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany; and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain. |
| 1996 | “Robert Rauschenberg—Anagrams,” Pace Wildenstein, New York and Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Major Printed Works, 1962–1995;” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Kansas City, Missouri | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Sculpture,” Museum of Contemporary Art—North Miami, Florida | |
| 1995 | “Robert Rauschenberg: Sculpture,” The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas |
| “Quake in Paradise—A Labyrinth;” Galerie Jamileh Weber; Zurich, Switzerland | |
| “Rauschenberg;” Galerie Daniel Templon; Paris, France | |
| 1994 | “Albers, Rauschenberg, Stella—Graphik 1967–1970;” Galerie Renée Ziegler; Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1993 | “Robert Rauschenberg;” Sala Rekalde; Bilbao, Spain |
| 1992 | “Robert Rauschenberg: Wax Fire Works;” Greenfield Sacks Gallery; Santa Monica, California |
| 1991 | “Robert Rauschenberg: The Early 1950s;” The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C. |
| 1990 | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| “Robert Rauschenberg Soviet American Array;” Greg Kucera Gallery; Seattle, Washington | |
| 1989 | “Robert Rauschenberg Bellini Series;” Greg Kucera Gallery; Seattle, Washington |
| 1988 | “Rauschenberg, 34 Drawings for Dante’s Inferno and Selections from the Drawings Collection,” Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1987 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| 1986 | “Rauschenberg Overseas Cultural Interchange;” Setagaya Art Museum; Tokyo, Japan |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Photographs 1949–1984,” Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas | |
| 1985 | “Rauschenberg;” Galerie Daniel Templon; Paris, France |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Fundación Joan Miró; Barcelona, Spain | |
| “Robert Rauschenberg;” Fundación Juan March; Madrid, Spain | |
| 1984 | “Rauschenberg/Performance;” Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas |
| 1982 | “Rauschenberg in China,” Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1981 | “Rauschenberg in the Rockies,” Aspen Art Museum, Colorado |
| “Rauschenberg;” Centre Pompidou—Musée National d’Art Moderne; Paris, France | |
| 1980 | “Robert Rauschenberg,” Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1970–71 | “Stoned moon series, Lithographien 1969–1970;” Galerie Renée Ziegler; Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1970 | “Robert Rauschenberg: prints 1948–1970,” The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota |
| 1969 | “Robert Rauschenberg in Black and White;” Orange County Museum of Art; Newport Beach, California |
| “Robert Rauschenberg: Selections;” The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 1968 | “Rauschenberg: Soundings,” Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 1965 | “Rauschenberg: 34 Drawings for Dante’s Inferno,” Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| “Robert Rauschenberg,” Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston | |
| 1964 | “Robert Rauschenberg;” Whitechapel Art Gallery; London, England |
| 1963 | “Retrospective,” Jewish Museum, New York |
| 1951 | Betty Parsons Gallery, New York |
Selected Public Collections |
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| Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Buffalo, New York | |
| The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois | |
| Austin Museum of Art, Texas | |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland | |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida | |
| The Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, Ohio | |
| The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio | |
| Des Moines Art Center, Iowa | |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan | |
| Fundación Joan Miró; Barcelona, Spain | |
| Hamburger Bahnhof; Museum für Gegenwart; Berlin, Germany | |
| Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland | |
| Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, France | |
| Long Beach Museum of Art, California | |
| Ludwig Museum—Museum of Contemporary Art—Budapest, Hungary | |
| The Menil Collection; Houston, Texas | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Illinois | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Florida | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Nice, France | |
| Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo; Bilbao, Spain | |
| Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza; Madrid, Spain | |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania | |
| Portland Art Museum, Oregon | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California | |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum; Washington, D.C. | |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York | |
| Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Tate Britain; London, England | |
