Larry Rivers

Larry Rivers
Rivers in 1961
Born
Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg

(1923-08-17)August 17, 1923
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 14, 2002(2002-08-14) (aged 78)
EducationHans Hofmann School
Known forPainting, sculpture
MovementEast Coast figurative painting, new realism, pop art
Spouses
Augusta Berger
(m. 1945; div. 1946)
[2]
Clarice Price
(m. 1961; sep. 1967)

Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg; August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor.[1] Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the first artists to merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Kimmelman, Michael (August 16, 2002). "Larry Rivers, Artist With an Edge, Dies at 78". New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ^ Smith, Patrick S. Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: The 1960s. Rivers, Larry. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  3. ^ Rose, Barbara (November 2002). "Barbara Rose on Larry Rivers". Artforum.