James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Although he insisted that he and his fellow Pop artists developed their art-making styles independently, American painter James Rosenquist belonged at the table with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Known for his distinctive use of visual montage, Rosenquist produced large, vibrantly colored tableaux marked by fragmentation and overlap. He often employed familiar motifs and objects drawn from popular contemporary culture — hot dogs, lipstick tubes, American flags — which he manipulated to form disorienting compositions whose constituent elements are nearly unrecognizable.
Born in North Dakota to Swedish parents, Rosenquist was encouraged to pursue painting by his mother, who was also an artist. He studied painting for two years at the University of Minnesota, but dropped out at the age of 21 to attend the Art Students League in New York on a scholarship. A job as a billboard painter in the late 1950s set him up to pursue his signature style, which borrowed its bold graphics and remixed kitschy aesthetic from the visual vocabulary of advertising. Works like Flamingo Capsule (1983) embody his trademark visual dissonance, drawing cigarette-ad motifs into conversation with stripes from the American flag and aluminum foil wrappers.
In addition to enormous paintings, Rosenquist created drawings, prints and collages. The 2011 lithograph The Memory Continues but the Clock Disappears is a montage of melting clocks and confetti, all submerged in a pool of water. While wryly hinting at the inevitability of decay and deterioration — suggesting that life is a ticking clock — the composition also alludes to Salvador Dalí's signature motif, the defining symbol of Surrealism. Such compositions demonstrate how Rosenquist masterfully combined seemingly incongruous elements into a harmonious and poetic whole.
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1970s James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Lithograph
1970s Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Graphite, Oil Pastel
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite, Gel Pen
2010s Contemporary James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gel Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
1990s Outsider Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paint, Paper, Glue, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Board, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gel Pen, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pastel
1980s Pop Art James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Silk, Screen
1970s Abstract Expressionist James Rosenquist Mixed Media
Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022James Rosenquist is known for producing large collages that incorporated fragments of images sourced from advertisements and other forms of mass media. The American artist was one of the major figures of the Pop art movement. On 1stDibs, find a range of James Rosenquist art.