"Riding Bikes" - Robert Rauschenberg

American artists Robert Rauschenberg dies at 82

The native of Texas was one of the main icons of the abstract expressionism and the Pop Art

"I work in the gap between art and life" - Robert Rauschenberg

May 13th 2008 - Yesterday was a sad day for the Art world, the farewell to one of the most important contemporary artists: Robert Rauschenberg

Like so many other artists of his generation, Rauschenberg was soon classified as a "pop artist", but the truth is that his oeuvre is an extensive compendium of styles and influences. He was described as "neo-dada" by his friend and artist Jasper Johns, despite Rauschenberg declared that he had never understood the meaning of "Dadaism". His famous "combines" of painting and sculpture are now part of the iconography of the Contemporary Art

A native of Texas, during his last years Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York and Captiva Island, Florida, until his death from heart failure last May 12

Along with Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Cy Twombly and a few others, Rauschenberg will be remembered as one of the most influential figures in the Arts of the second half of the twentieth century