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Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (/ ˈ m eɪ p əl ˌ θ ɔːr p / MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes , self-portraits, and still-life images.
- Patricia Morrisroe
- 1995
May 22, 2024 · When he contracted the AIDS virus, Mapplethorpe chronicled his illness in a harrowing series of self-portraits. A posthumous retrospective exhibition, “ Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment,” was planned for the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., but stirred a political debate in 1990 that caused the museum to cancel the show.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Born in 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe was the third of six children. His father, Harry, worked as an electrical engineer while his mother, Joan, stayed at home raising their six children. Mapplethorpe grew up in a conservative Catholic household nestled in the quiet Queen's suburb of Floral Park.
- American
- November 4, 1946
- Floral Park, New York
- March 9, 1989
May 3, 1990 · For years, before the series of illnesses struck his family, Harry Mapplethorpe's life had seemed like a monument to stability. He married his high school sweetheart. He worked for Underwriters ...
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Jul 12, 2018 · Robert Mapplethorpe, seen here in a self-portrait, became a controversial star of the art world ... Eventually Harry agreed to support his son if he studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn ...
Apr 4, 2016 · [Editor’s note: Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment traveled to several institutions in 1988–89 before its presentation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. was canceled after members of the Senate, including Helms, complained that some of its images were obscene. The incident occurred just after Mapplethorpe’s death in ...
Nov 1, 2016 · Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images.
