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James Rosenquist

1933 - 2017

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James Albert Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising and consumer culture in art and society, utilizing techniques he learned making commercial art to depict popular cultural icons and mundane everyday objects. While his works have often been compared to those from other key figures of the pop art movement, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's pieces were unique in the way that they often employed elements of surrealism using fragments of advertisements and cultural imagery to emphasize the overwhelming nature of ads. He was a 2001 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Rosenquist is the 988th most popular painter (up from 1,462nd in 2019), the 3,747th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,980th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, James Rosenquist ranks 988 out of 2,023. Before him are Christen Købke, Ibn al-Bawwab, Luis Ricardo Falero, Jörg Immendorff, Jan van Huysum, and Jean-Baptiste Debret. After him are Rihard Jakopič, Alexandre Calame, Ferrer Bassa, Giovanni Giacometti, Hans von Marées, and Walter Crane.

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Among people born in 1933, James Rosenquist ranks 182. Before him are Ceija Stojka, Ron Wyatt, Humberto Maschio, Saleh Al-Fawzan, Stuart Roosa, and Toshi Ichiyanagi. After him are Vera Krepkina, Abel Pacheco, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Bobby Smith, and Hossein Nasr. Among people deceased in 2017, James Rosenquist ranks 178. Before him are Ivan Dias, Umberto Lenzi, Daliah Lavi, Miloslav Vlk, William Peter Blatty, and Nadezhda Olizarenko. After him are Giulio Angioni, Gilberto Agustoni, Vito Acconci, John Hillerman, Arthur Janov, and Mildred Dresselhaus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Rosenquist ranks 3,747 out of 20,380. Before him are Scatman Crothers (1910), Wesley Clark (1944), Zac Efron (1987), J. J. Abrams (1966), Philip Michael Thomas (1949), and Tyne Daly (1946). After him are Allison Janney (1959), Melissa McBride (1965), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Al Green (1946), Ken Block (1967), and Catherine Keener (1959).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, James Rosenquist ranks 41. Before him are James Turrell (1943), Beatrice Wood (1893), Bruce Nauman (1941), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Evel Knievel (1938), and Winslow Homer (1836). After him are Richard Estes (1932), Cy Twombly (1928), Gutzon Borglum (1867), Allan Kaprow (1927), Benjamin West (1738), and Frederic Edwin Church (1826).

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