James Rosenquist, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Rosenquist

American artist (1933-2017)

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1933

Place of Birth: Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States

Date of Death: 31-Mar-2017

Profession: photographer, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

James Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the protagonists in 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.