Larry Rivers

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Larry Rivers was an American artist and musician known for his pioneering role in the development of Pop Art through his irreverent, jazz-influenced paintings and mixed-media works.

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instanceOf artist
film actor
human
jazz musician
musician
painter
performance artist
printmaker
sculptor
alsoKnownAs Yitzroch Grossberg
Yitzroch Loisa Grossberg
associatedWith New York School (art movement)
linked to: New York School
birthName Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg
causeOfDeath liver cancer
collaboratedWith Frank O’Hara
John Ashbery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1923-08-17
dateOfDeath 2002-08-14
educatedAt Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts
New York University
ethnicGroup Jewish American
fieldOfWork drawing
jazz performance
mixed media art
painting
printmaking
sculpture
gender male
hasWorkInCollection Guggenheim Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced Pop Art
linked to: Pop art
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism
jazz music
militaryService United States Army Air Forces
movement Abstract Expressionism
Neo-Dada
Pop Art
linked to: Pop art
name Larry Rivers
nationality American
notableWork Cedar Bar Menu
Double Portrait of Berdie
Dutch Masters and Cigars
The History of the Russian Revolution
Washington Crossing the Delaware
placeOfBirth Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Southampton, New York, United States
residence New York City
servedIn World War II
studied fine arts
music

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Rivers hasNotableBearer Larry Rivers
Hans Hofmann influenced Larry Rivers
Larry Rivers name Larry Rivers
Pull My Daisy (1959 film) features Larry Rivers