James Rosenquist first came to fame during the American Pop Art movement of the 1960s. James Rosenquist was born in the year 1933 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Rosenquist worked as a painter and printmaker focusing on taking ordinary subjects like a nail, and making it a true work of art by adding Pop art style colors. In this manner its the same way Warhol might take a well known photograph such as the image of the hibiscus flower, and make it scream POP ART! by adding certain colors. The artist was an only child.
A link to the website of James Rosenquist:
http://www.jimrosenquist-artist.com/
Below we view F-111, a painting by Rosenquist that sold at auction for more than $2 million at auction in 1985.
As a child Rosenquist grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When he was only fifteen years of age Rosenquist won a scholarship to study at the Minnesota School of Art. Got his first start working in the art field whilst in college painting billboards and advertising signs. Rosenquist would go onto join a sign painters union and paint in Times Square located in New York City. Rosenquist won a scholarship to study at the Art Student’s League of New York.
A montage of works by James Rosenquist:
In 1961 Rosenquist made his first work of studio created art that used some techniques he used when producing commercial artwork.
The artist was nominated to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Price range information: Most works range from $3,000 to $400,000. The artist has broken the $2 million dollar barrier at auction.
In this clip from 2012 we view James Rosenquist receiving an award :
In 2009 a fire ravage the house and studio of the artist. This event destroyed many works including a show the artist was prepping for.
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